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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze
Think of emotional damage as a series of customizations and stresses to the rarefied couture garment that is the personality. Yes, parental cruelty can make our lives harder. But it can also make our imaginations more interesting, our empathy more acute and our self-expression more compulsive, original and even beautiful. There's a reason Michael Jackson identified with the Elephant Man. There's a reason Francis Bacon went on painting the same poltergeists.
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I do think that's true. I know I wouldn't be the same person had my upbringing been different, and I think I'm pretty damn fabulous in a variety of ways.
It's definitely given me some very important skills for my job.