Author: Jonathan

Mourning is terrible feeling of coming to terms with the fact that what once was can never be again.

It wears us down, leaving us dulled, as if our very minds have been scrubbed over and over, removing all of the interesting edges that make life feel worthwhile.

It feels as if we’re being pulled forward by an undeniable physical force, like gravity, but the feeling comes from within us.

The things that haunt us won’t stop following us They persist, even when we would prefer that they go away.

Once you’ve realized that what seems to be real can just be a convincing simulation, it’s difficult to believe in the reality of anything with a whole heart.

Desperate measures can save the day, but they can also destroy much of what we hold dear. Doing whatever it takes, we risk losing our very identities in the process.

A society that allows for jokes that challenge authority will recognize the validity of people’s feelings more broadly.

It’s a delightful, uncontrollable response. It’s like an orgasm of the mind that bursts through the body.

Feeling messed up is not the same thing as messing up. People can feel like something is wrong with them regardless of whether they’ve made any mistakes. Who is to say when a… more emotion Messed Up

The self is imagined to be a fluid, like a puddle of water, and external circumstances are thought of as something like a sponge, sucking the self into its matrix so that the two become as one.