my lessons in detachment
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my lessons in detachment
aloofness was a coping strategy, my mind’s protection from the stress: I would detach, distance myself, get into my ‘spaceship’. I was so disengaged from myself, so far away on that spaceship, that ultimately I stored very few memories from my childhood
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the taboo we don’t talk about: death and grief
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Most of the things I do to hurt myself involve recreating the sharp pain of my childhood to avoid the dull pain of my adulthood.
Last night, after our show, on a rocky beach off the coast of Maine, I dared Jacob to stand with me in the ice-cold water and see which of us could stand it longer. I fixed my eyes on a set point in the horizon and starte... See more
Last night, after our show, on a rocky beach off the coast of Maine, I dared Jacob to stand with me in the ice-cold water and see which of us could stand it longer. I fixed my eyes on a set point in the horizon and starte... See more