Dr. April Ilkmen
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How do you deal with these people? How do you live with these people?
How do you deal with these people? How do you live with these people?
Kind of like the movie, I always got the kids movie references. Like when I watched the movie Coco, I always wanted to end up on a friend, not just buried and gone and just forgot about. You want to be remembered as somebody who changed the trajectory of your family. You want to have the portrait of yourself in the family house, right? Well, that's Grandpa Lee right there.
Kind of like the movie, I always got the kids movie references. Like when I watched the movie Coco, I always wanted to end up on a friend, not just buried and gone and just forgot about. You want to be remembered as somebody who changed the trajectory of your family. You want to have the portrait of yourself in the family house, right? Well, that's Grandpa Lee right there.
He changed the trajectory of the family right here. What more can I do to leave my mark on the world? What more can I do? So I'm just not a normal person. Normalcy being average is painful. It's like death. It's almost like dying. I want my tombstone to be a statue.
He changed the trajectory of the family right here. What more can I do to leave my mark on the world? What more can I do? So I'm just not a normal person. Normalcy being average is painful. It's like death. It's almost like dying. I want my tombstone to be a statue.
Criticism feels like a truly, like a wound. Like it just doesn't go away. It's just like, sometimes it gets healed up. It's kind of like a scar, right? It gets healed up, but sometimes it'll randomly just burst open. Like literally stuff that I forgot about will pop into my head that somebody said to me in the club when I was 21 years old. And it'll hurt my feelings now. I'm like, but it's hard.
Criticism feels like a truly, like a wound. Like it just doesn't go away. It's just like, sometimes it gets healed up. It's kind of like a scar, right? It gets healed up, but sometimes it'll randomly just burst open. Like literally stuff that I forgot about will pop into my head that somebody said to me in the club when I was 21 years old. And it'll hurt my feelings now. I'm like, but it's hard.
It's so hard just to kind of let stuff go.
It's so hard just to kind of let stuff go.
Like when I first meet people, always try to find a way to take them down just in case. If it's not physical violence, of course, it might be like, hmm, what about you can I hurt your feelings with? Just in case you're going to hurt my feelings, how can I hurt your feelings?
Like when I first meet people, always try to find a way to take them down just in case. If it's not physical violence, of course, it might be like, hmm, what about you can I hurt your feelings with? Just in case you're going to hurt my feelings, how can I hurt your feelings?
Yeah, just in case. Yep, just in case. Just in case. Just in case they insult me or joke on me. How can I joke on you back to hurt your feelings or get the attention back on you? Because that's how my mind works. It's always like attacking and vengeance.
Yeah, just in case. Yep, just in case. Just in case. Just in case they insult me or joke on me. How can I joke on you back to hurt your feelings or get the attention back on you? Because that's how my mind works. It's always like attacking and vengeance.
There's no medicine. There's no pills or anything like that to take. There's no cure. Go to therapy. So I was just like, oh, well, I guess I have to go to therapy.
There's no medicine. There's no pills or anything like that to take. There's no cure. Go to therapy. So I was just like, oh, well, I guess I have to go to therapy.
She was like, okay, so what are you doing here at 32 years old? I was like, oh, shit. Okay. I just started crying because I didn't know what to say. I was just like literally just started crying, yeah.
She was like, okay, so what are you doing here at 32 years old? I was like, oh, shit. Okay. I just started crying because I didn't know what to say. I was just like literally just started crying, yeah.