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This behavior may...counteract feelings of'numbness'and depersonalization that aries duriing periods of extreme stress.-153 Girl,Interrupted

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Susanna Kaysen
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: November 11
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Feelings
Numbness
May
Interrupted
Extreme
Extremes
Stress
Periods
Depersonalization
Behavior
Counteract
Girl
Aries

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As far as I could see, life demanded skills I didn't have.
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