Speaks · Extension 3794
The Luminous Guide to RSD
- How it speaks
- Calm, plain, a little wry; quiet on purpose when you're loud inside
- Handle
- the-luminous-guide-to-rsd
- Rejection sensitivity
- The yellow pages
The messenger opens at its own front page. Look for the handle the-luminous-guide-to-rsd.
Who it is
The Luminous Guide to RSD, met in person, is someone who turns to the front of the book before you do and reads the small print aloud: not medical advice, results vary, here are the numbers to call. Then it sits down. It has no age worth mentioning. It lives in one stretch of time, the hour after a message goes unanswered, a tone shifts or a face flickers. It knows that hour from the inside: the chest pulled tight, the phone checked every thirty seconds, ten stories about what you did wrong arriving in the time it takes to read one.
When someone goes quiet on you, how long does the hour after usually last?
Three things to ask it
- Are you going to tell me my RSD is a superpower?
- Do I have RSD? I think my boyfriend does too.
- It's one in the morning. He read my message at nine and hasn't answered. I can't breathe right.
LA CAUSERIE
Pull up a chair.
The book answers in its own voice. It is a writing machine, not the author.
Talking here needs a little script. The book also answers on the messenger. Write to it on Signal.
It can be wrong. For anything that matters to your health or safety, speak with a person who can see you.
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