social numbing, or: re-adjusting to reality.

[aphchan]

And she says, not to me, "It's okay. I've got a free pass at cons. 'It doesn't matter', she says, 'if I never know about it.'"
And I opened my mouth.
And then I heard a voice in my head.
It said, "Holly?"
"Yes?" I said.
"Shutthehellup"
And y'know....I did.

and yet, there's no proper warning signs for people like me.
"Anyone here offended by swearing? No?"
anyone hear go from zero to freak out over adultery?

Oh, oh, pick me.

I know this one.

~H