THE KNOCKING NEVER STOPPED
I think one of the loneliest experiences a person can have is realizing they've been living beside themselves.
Like hearing a voice in the next room for years and never opening the door.
You hear it when something beautiful happens and your reaction feels delayed. You hear it when somebody asks what you want and the answer doesn't arrive. You hear it when you're surrounded by people and still feel strangely absent from your own life.
Most people assume suffering feels dramatic.
In my experience, it felt administrative.
A stack of forms I kept signing without reading. A series of small decisions that slowly transferred ownership of my life to fear.
Nothing exploded. Nothing collapsed.
That's what made it dangerous.
From the outside, everything looked functional. Inside, something kept knocking from the next room.
I think that's why some truths make people cry when they finally admit them. Not because the truth is painful, but because they've been hearing it for years.
And for the first time, they stop pretending they can't.
I Wrote Myself Back Into This Body out now.