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"I immediately understand the subtext of this language."
“This isn’t the father I’ve known all my life, but it’s the one I have.”
"That’s not medicine. That’s control."
"I asked if she was scared. 'No, I’m mainly curious,' she replied."
WHAT'S HAPPENING
"The U.S. is a country many Europeans look at through a critical lens — 'a place to visit, but not to live,' as my German doctor put it."
"I wasn’t sleeping. I was barely eating. I felt like a ghost moving through the world."
"Reading it made my blood run cold. I know what real death threats sound like."
“The words came like spitfire from my wife’s mouth.”
"I have a sense memory of moving slowly, deliberately, aware not to draw suspicion or attention to myself in any way."
"No answers. No medication. No follow-up call from my primary care physician. Just more pain, more confusion."