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Have you, from a young age, been what we would just label generically as a romantic? Are you good at whipping up fantasies and living in a fantasy?
Have you, from a young age, been what we would just label generically as a romantic? Are you good at whipping up fantasies and living in a fantasy?
Have you, from a young age, been what we would just label generically as a romantic? Are you good at whipping up fantasies and living in a fantasy?
Right, right. Yes. Yes. That's something I feel like we have in common is that I was very early on, very active in my pretend, my imagination, the roles I was playing, and obviously to escape things that I was not enjoying. And... prematurely very interested in girls, lost my virginity at 12 in seventh grade, you know, like always very sexual, always into falling in love.
Right, right. Yes. Yes. That's something I feel like we have in common is that I was very early on, very active in my pretend, my imagination, the roles I was playing, and obviously to escape things that I was not enjoying. And... prematurely very interested in girls, lost my virginity at 12 in seventh grade, you know, like always very sexual, always into falling in love.
Right, right. Yes. Yes. That's something I feel like we have in common is that I was very early on, very active in my pretend, my imagination, the roles I was playing, and obviously to escape things that I was not enjoying. And... prematurely very interested in girls, lost my virginity at 12 in seventh grade, you know, like always very sexual, always into falling in love.
Like for a seventh grade, I was listening to psychedelic furs over and over again and all the new wave music. And I just wanted to be like run over by a steamroller with love.
Like for a seventh grade, I was listening to psychedelic furs over and over again and all the new wave music. And I just wanted to be like run over by a steamroller with love.
Like for a seventh grade, I was listening to psychedelic furs over and over again and all the new wave music. And I just wanted to be like run over by a steamroller with love.
but it's also i think i don't know if this is your experience at all and i don't know if you have trauma in your background monica but no we have some schedule okay we'll lend you some of ours um monica has trauma monica was someone trying to hide her identity desperately in a mostly white community of duluth georgia and yeah hard i mean there was hard stuff i don't i guess i don't
but it's also i think i don't know if this is your experience at all and i don't know if you have trauma in your background monica but no we have some schedule okay we'll lend you some of ours um monica has trauma monica was someone trying to hide her identity desperately in a mostly white community of duluth georgia and yeah hard i mean there was hard stuff i don't i guess i don't
but it's also i think i don't know if this is your experience at all and i don't know if you have trauma in your background monica but no we have some schedule okay we'll lend you some of ours um monica has trauma monica was someone trying to hide her identity desperately in a mostly white community of duluth georgia and yeah hard i mean there was hard stuff i don't i guess i don't
But I think having to actively try to downplay who you are from the get-go is very stressful and traumatic. I do personally, but I'll let you decide.
But I think having to actively try to downplay who you are from the get-go is very stressful and traumatic. I do personally, but I'll let you decide.
But I think having to actively try to downplay who you are from the get-go is very stressful and traumatic. I do personally, but I'll let you decide.
So this notion like, oh, this isn't real. We're not even fighting. Is that either modeled on your parents' relationship, which you are observing, or are you watching movies by which that's the high watermark of being in love? Like, where does the notion even come from?
So this notion like, oh, this isn't real. We're not even fighting. Is that either modeled on your parents' relationship, which you are observing, or are you watching movies by which that's the high watermark of being in love? Like, where does the notion even come from?
So this notion like, oh, this isn't real. We're not even fighting. Is that either modeled on your parents' relationship, which you are observing, or are you watching movies by which that's the high watermark of being in love? Like, where does the notion even come from?
I totally agree. I think all your character defects are the opposite side of a coin of some virtue you have. And I'm just always trying to minimize the downside of these attributes and kind of, you know, bolster the good sides of it. Fantasizing and creating fantasies. I think for me, it's a way to regulate your emotions because you're not comfortable in whatever emotion you're having currently.
I totally agree. I think all your character defects are the opposite side of a coin of some virtue you have. And I'm just always trying to minimize the downside of these attributes and kind of, you know, bolster the good sides of it. Fantasizing and creating fantasies. I think for me, it's a way to regulate your emotions because you're not comfortable in whatever emotion you're having currently.