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"As I scrolled through her photos, the double life that Ryan had been living came into clear view."
"My ex-wife used to say my heart kept her awake at night. The pounding, she said, sent reverberations through the mattress."
"My eyes darted between watching the TV coverage and the billowing smoke outside the window. Then I suddenly remembered that I wasn’t alone in the apartment."
"Frozen, my mouth agape, I tried to process what had just happened. A fire rushed to my face and tears welled in my eyes. I wanted the ground to swallow me whole."
“The truth was, I didn’t want ‘help,’ I wanted a partner who took equal responsibility for our shared life.”
"I tried to decode his thoughts through the Buffett songs he chose to play on our drives, as if some secret message to me was hidden in the lyrics."
"What started as an interest in expanding my private therapy practice into the world of psychedelics turned into the most life-changing therapeutic experiences I’ve had."
“'Are you under any significant stress?' one of the cardiologists asked me during rounds the next morning. I stared at him blankly."
"Many people applaud me for having conquered suicide ideation, but that isn’t actually what I did."
"How could I have done this? Why hadn’t I paid more attention? I hated myself."