The Time I Got Too Emotionally Attached to a Barista Who Gave Me a Free Muffin During a Mental Health Spiral
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The Time I Got Too Emotionally Attached to a Barista Who Gave Me a Free Muffin During a Mental Health Spiral
then, later that morning, maybe while you’re on the subway or sipping your favorite Starbucks blend, something different happens.
There’s a softening in the first few minutes—watching his joy makes me understand his humanity. I’ve entered his world. That’s a big deal.”
Henrik Karlsson (from “The Third Chair”):
“The stale, dry air reactivated feelings I had forgotten, feelings I had when I sat down here writing four years ago. I remembered my loneliness; I felt it with a defencelessness that I had denied myself at the time. Standing there with my groceries in hand, the intensity of the feelings took me by surprise.
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