The Unseen Secret Behind Joy V.’s Enigmatic Lightkeeping Journey Revealed
Still, this was far better than him not knowing, and me not sharing.
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In those early days, I walked around in emotional shock, a phrase that felt bland and overused. To say “I have emotional shock from finding my brother nearly dead from alcoholism and squalor” didn’t even begin to explain what I was going through. It meant exhaustion, poor sleep, intrusive memories, blanking out in the middle of a task, short-term memory loss, decision fatigue, weepiness, anger, a racing heartbeat, bouts of fear for no immediate reason, a bitterly pulsing migraine, snapping at others for minor quibbles… an endless cycle of this, all while having to keep it together in front of my coworkers, in front of Pearl, in front of everyone.
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