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Opening up about struggles is liberating from "summary" of Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
There's this idea, I think, that our pain is our own business, that talking about it somehow makes it less ours. But the thing is, pain doesn't just disappear when we keep it to ourselves. It festers and grows, twisting inside us until it becomes something we can no longer ignore. That's what Aza learns in the process of dealing with her own struggles. She realizes that pretending everything is fine only works for so long, that eventually, she has to confront the chaos inside her mind. And when she finally opens up to her friends, to her mom, to a therapist, she finds a sense of relief she never knew was possible. It's like lifting a weight off her chest, like finally being able to breathe freely again. And it's not just about talk...
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