James Sexton

I think we get hurt.

And when we get hurt, we get scared.

When we get scared, we start to like control for things.

You know, we start to... Like if you ever learn how to shoot a firearm, you know, one of the most important things is to not... It's the hesitance because you know it's about to make a really loud noise and...

And you anticipate that and it changes the way you hold it.

So part of the process of learning how to shoot a firearm is learning how to breathe and be calm.

And you don't have trigger hesitation, like you don't react before that sound because you know that sounds coming.

I think it's kind of the same.

Like I think when we've been hurt, understandably, and again, not even necessarily by a romantic partner, like we've been disappointed by love.

Like our parents hurt us, we hurt them.

You know, like our siblings hurt us, we hurt them.

Our friends hurt us, we hurt them.

Like we hurt each other all the time.

Like hurt people hurting people is like the nature of humanity.

But I think, you know, we can

we can figure out how to absorb some of that pain, normalize it, not be afraid of talking about it, not be afraid of sharing it.

And I think that's a path.

That's a path to stay connected.

I mean, it's going to sound really cliche, but I think it's communication.

I think it's all communication.