Mara Brock Akil
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353 appearances
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 30 Jun
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Okay.
And I didn't even know why I was doing that.
These examinations of this thing, I'm like, oh my God, Ma, are you going to let your food touch?
Yes, you learn how to be the different parts of yourself, fragmented, puzzle yourself out to hide this thing, to hide this, you know, I was told that if I told anyone I gave this to Dion, if I told anyone that I would be taken away, you know, from my mother.
And, you know, it was just like, you know,
And you're a child, you don't know, you don't know what's true or not.
And so, but the compartmentalization of self is in one way, the victory of me, because just like I talked about the grades, I understood how to keep my focus around my escape plan, if that makes sense.
You can hold on to the grade, the straight A student, meanwhile,
you know, prepare yourself sometimes for the night.
You mentally, physically.
And it's funny about the, about when I say the,
the food on my plate.
I started to notice my behavior.
The other thing that's really interesting about compartmentalization.
Just how I keep things separate.
Sometimes even friends, sometimes even like how much I try to control every environment so I can survive it.
You were looking for control in so many different ways.
Oh, they were a full-grown man.
Yeah, full-grown man.
Not a teenager, not a 20-something.
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