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The Quiet Casualties of the Movement for Black Lives

By John Eligon — 2018

There is a quieter reality of activism: the mental and emotional hardship of the work, and the resulting stress and depression that sometimes make it difficult to even get out of bed. Self-care makes a difference.

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I thought I could describe a state; make a map of sorrow. Sorrow, however, turns out to be not a state but a process.

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It is a very funny thing that the sleepier you are, the longer you take about getting to bed.

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We meet no ordinary people in our lives.

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Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say ‘My tooth is aching’ than to say ‘My heart is broken.’

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Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.

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