I think humor is like a shield that lets you get as close to the sad sad flame as possible - far closer, oftentimes, than drama.
Alissa NuttingYou know how some people are unlucky in love? I was always unlucky in exercise. I'd get into a relationship with a workout program or guru, we'd go steady for a few intense months, and then we'd have a really ugly breakup.
Alissa NuttingFor many years I wrote nothing but "I will not sleep with Steve Almond" over and over again, page after page à la Jack Torrance in The Shining. Finally, hundreds of psychotherapy sessions and an intense shaman-guided DMT sweat lodge experience led to a breakthrough, and I was able to write about other people I would not sleep with, and also about people I would.
Alissa NuttingI don't consider myself attractive. I'm an academic, and in academia, people will write you off if you look younger.
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