Sebastian Junger in reminiscing his friend Tim Hetherington said something, I forget what, that reminded me: for most traumatic experiences, anger is reserved for the self and empathy for others.It never occurs to the truly stressed out self that pitying oneself is a possibility. That's a luxury only the armchair can afford. Either for others or oneself in the third person.
Maybe Zoloft is the physiological equivalent of shifting narrative person-hood.
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