Tag: OCD
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“What’s a soul?”: Richard Selzer finds the spirit in the flesh
Mahala StriplingFort Worth, Texas, United States When he was a child, Dickie Selzer asked his father, “What’s a soul?” Julius replied, “No such thing.” When his inquisitive son pressed him further, he gave this answer: “Oh, a little bag of air, I suppose, like a breeze or a draft or a bit of a gale,…
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Six years and counting
Libanos ReddaSeattle, Washington, United States For the past six years, I have not been myself. Then again, the memory of my former self has grown a bit foggy over the years. Perhaps things were always this bad. Perhaps I have not changed much at all. Around six years ago, at the age of seventeen, my…