All the same, my depression and self-hatred, my desire to mutilate myself with broken bottles, my numbness and … - Hanif Kureishi

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Hanif Kureishi

All the same, my depression and self-hatred, my desire to mutilate myself with broken bottles, my numbness and crying fits, my inability to get out of bed for days and days, the feeling of the world moving in to crush me, went on and on. But I knew I wouldn't go mad, even if that release, that letting-go, was a freedom I desired. I was waiting for myself to heal.

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