ThatsWhatHeSaid
Well-known member
- Joined
- May 11, 2007
- Messages
- 7,263
- MBTI Type
- INTP
- Enneagram
- 5w4
My friend's sister is a heroin addict who can't get her shit together. She seems like she's going to improve, but ends up failing in the end. She has a kid who is being raised by his grandmother, aunts and uncles. She has lots of tattoos all over. She is allegedly very beautiful, but I haven't seen her myself.
I was thinking what he deal is and here's what I came up with: she's addicted to pain. Her tattoos are one indication, but the other is the way she keeps destroying her life. She makes her life into a tragic play and makes herself the victim, always close to success, but always failing; the closer she is, the more hope everyone has, the greater that tragedy. Why? One possible reason is that tragedy engenders intimacy. It's a way to feel connected to yourself. Maybe it's that there's so much pain she can no longer hide it and has to open up to it. Why can't she open up to it? Probably because she was never taught how, like most people, I believe.
Yes, drugs are addictive, but under this theory, the high from the drug isn't the payoff. It's the eventual feeling of tragedy she feels that's the real addiction.
Thoughts?
I was thinking what he deal is and here's what I came up with: she's addicted to pain. Her tattoos are one indication, but the other is the way she keeps destroying her life. She makes her life into a tragic play and makes herself the victim, always close to success, but always failing; the closer she is, the more hope everyone has, the greater that tragedy. Why? One possible reason is that tragedy engenders intimacy. It's a way to feel connected to yourself. Maybe it's that there's so much pain she can no longer hide it and has to open up to it. Why can't she open up to it? Probably because she was never taught how, like most people, I believe.
Yes, drugs are addictive, but under this theory, the high from the drug isn't the payoff. It's the eventual feeling of tragedy she feels that's the real addiction.
Thoughts?