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A Thousand Cuts

A Thousand Cuts

In which the Writer talks about estrangement

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Sophie Thomas
Jun 08, 2023
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Estrangement sucks.

There is always this small part of you that thinks that you might be a bit broken because familial ties are upheld as THE emotional connection that you need in your life. There is this idea that family is everything and it makes sitting with the fact that that might be bullshit hard.

Add to that small part the fact that I made the decs…

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