Healing Isn’t Linear And It Damn Sure Isn’t Pretty

Thought Catalog
3 min readAug 15, 2021
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By Ari Eastman

I reopened some wounds last night. I mean, not literally. Though I guess that wouldn’t be atypical. I do have a tendency to pick at scabs. I’ve scratched things off until they bleed. I’ve pushed the tweezers a little too far. I’ve never been good at knowing when to stop.

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