Solivagant
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The Art of Presence by David Brooks, NYTimes.
"...Victims of trauma experience days 'when you feel like a quivering, cowardly shell of yourself, when despair yawns as a terrible chasm, when fear paralyzes any chance for pleasure. This is just a fight that has to be won, over and over and over again.'
But suffering is a teacher, and [we can draw] a few lessons about how those of us outside the zone of trauma might better communicate with those inside the zone."
"...Victims of trauma experience days 'when you feel like a quivering, cowardly shell of yourself, when despair yawns as a terrible chasm, when fear paralyzes any chance for pleasure. This is just a fight that has to be won, over and over and over again.'
But suffering is a teacher, and [we can draw] a few lessons about how those of us outside the zone of trauma might better communicate with those inside the zone."
