Touching, as I felt that long ago when I started working in a hospital. Doctors are institutions, are power figures and you can not talk to them as regular people. There I realized that people is people, I meant with that, we are all humans with same needs and no matter your country, studies, work, at the end of the day you are doing same things as the poorly educated person, as the poorest person if you are rich, or whatever you social class is. We all have same needs, we are worth communicating in an authentic and deep way, and not through a social designated character of us.
I’m honestly speechless—this was so good and so on point. It genuinely pushed me to rethink how I’m showing up tomorrow. Thank you for sharing this. I’d love to connect, and feel free to follow back if my work resonates with you.
The idea that loneliness isn't about absence but about the partial nature of what gets met; what a powerful reframe! You started with proximity instead of isolation & that's a harder, more honest starting point. Really felt the "what do you do?" section in particular
That line about work asking 'how you justify your place' hit me right in the gut. We’ve become so conditioned to equate our legitimacy with our productivity. I truly loved the line, "Much of life cannot be answered in a sentence." Thank you for naming that 'subtle friction' we all feel when we don't have a neat summary for our lives.
This is a sophisticated piece! Your line, "Much of a life cannot be answered in a sentence," is a perfect paradox because that’s exactly what the social system demands of us.
I love your observation about the hesitation when someone answers outside familiar categories.
Touching, as I felt that long ago when I started working in a hospital. Doctors are institutions, are power figures and you can not talk to them as regular people. There I realized that people is people, I meant with that, we are all humans with same needs and no matter your country, studies, work, at the end of the day you are doing same things as the poorly educated person, as the poorest person if you are rich, or whatever you social class is. We all have same needs, we are worth communicating in an authentic and deep way, and not through a social designated character of us.
I can also recommend you one of my recent readings :) https://substack.com/@monicalundsadhd/p-193059452
Hi Monica! Just subscribed to your Substack and commented your article! I’ll be glad to follow your work!
I’m honestly speechless—this was so good and so on point. It genuinely pushed me to rethink how I’m showing up tomorrow. Thank you for sharing this. I’d love to connect, and feel free to follow back if my work resonates with you.
Glad that it resonated and thanks for the feedback! You’re welcome to share your opinion about my older essays as well!
The idea that loneliness isn't about absence but about the partial nature of what gets met; what a powerful reframe! You started with proximity instead of isolation & that's a harder, more honest starting point. Really felt the "what do you do?" section in particular
Thanks for your feedback! If you feel like, we can also connect by mutual subscription
subbed; think we're already connected (:
That line about work asking 'how you justify your place' hit me right in the gut. We’ve become so conditioned to equate our legitimacy with our productivity. I truly loved the line, "Much of life cannot be answered in a sentence." Thank you for naming that 'subtle friction' we all feel when we don't have a neat summary for our lives.
This is a sophisticated piece! Your line, "Much of a life cannot be answered in a sentence," is a perfect paradox because that’s exactly what the social system demands of us.
I love your observation about the hesitation when someone answers outside familiar categories.