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Somto's avatar

Oh how I enjoy your writing!

mitali's avatar

Beautiful and brilliant and also thank god you can talk again

Eleanor Stern's avatar

there’s a lot to discuss

Videesh's avatar

Hope you get your voice back soon! Loved reading this. Didn’t actually mean to begin, but then couldn’t stop! :)

Eleanor Stern's avatar

Wow thank you!

Eleanor Stern's avatar

Thank you so much!

Verdant Mania of Autumn's avatar

In response to wondering if the reader skips to the bottom, I did skip like half of the Wild Boy sections. I got hyper-fixated on feral children when I was young because I have deep, irrational desire to take a vow of silence.

A lot of what stressed you would free me. No more defending the validity of my intent against others' interoperation. No more engaging with others absolving themselves with semantics. No more frustrating conversations with others who refuse to acknowledge their autonomy. So many conversations feel wholly symbolic where meaning is met with hostility. God... it's so exhausting