Nevertheless They Persisted
Pain by iProzac. Creative Commons License This tragedy isn’t played out on stage or on screen. It’s about a human who finds themself relying on substances to exist in the world. That doesn’t sound healthy. Yet they’re scared that if they don’t numb themselves sufficiently, they won’t be able to sustain existence. They constantly reflect on the balance of self compassion and allowing their mind to breathe while not repressing emotions entirely. They can’t go back to that level of depersonalization. Their physical world continues to shrink. Wondering—dreading—what happens next. Wondering what kind of hellish life is this to live. Wondering when the suffering will come to some terminal state. ...