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today, are you more unmoored than ever?

I am.

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Yrsa Daley-Ward
Aug 29, 2025
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Not going to lie. I might be avoiding people. I find myself looking at messages I cannot answer, requests for one-on-one time that I cannot fulfil. All simple and well-meaning enough. Lately, the act of responding / dance of social exchange feels more complicated than ever. You can be surrounded by people, loved even, and still feel the rope slip. Still lose the ground beneath you.

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