you need more than something to escape
on the intimacy between rejection and identity
The Science of Being
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who would you be if there was no before?
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on how a life can be held together by what was never fully formed
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on the guilt of letting your life hurt less
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on thinking about your thinking, the self-absorption paradox, and why carrying childhood burdens can leave you trapped in your own mind
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