Comments on: 12/10/2018 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=7309 Tue, 20 May 2025 03:13:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Peter Rogan http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=7309&cpage=1#comment-296870 Peter Rogan Tue, 11 Dec 2018 00:33:04 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=7309#comment-296870 You'd think the process of self-isolation would be more noticeable, at least to the one isolating her- or himself, but no. From the whispering girls in the hall to the refused volunteer position in junior high to the avoidance of team sports in high school to the dead-end job with co-workers who don't make eye contact, it's one long, uneven, slippery slope that becomes apparent only when you bang into a barrier others have passed with ease. And there you sit, behind again, and not sure why you're even there. You can do this all without a shred of self-awareness. So be careful when you see somebody sitting there looking stunned and sad. They may not have realized what has happened, let alone how. You’d think the process of self-isolation would be more noticeable, at least to the one isolating her- or himself, but no. From the whispering girls in the hall to the refused volunteer position in junior high to the avoidance of team sports in high school to the dead-end job with co-workers who don’t make eye contact, it’s one long, uneven, slippery slope that becomes apparent only when you bang into a barrier others have passed with ease. And there you sit, behind again, and not sure why you’re even there. You can do this all without a shred of self-awareness.

So be careful when you see somebody sitting there looking stunned and sad. They may not have realized what has happened, let alone how.

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