I Thought I Was a Virtuoso Reader of People
How could my most extraordinary skill also be my greatest weakness?
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5 min readDec 23, 2019
[content warning: child abuse]
When I was twenty-four, I hit a low point in my life. I had been deceived, betrayed, and abandoned by someone I was deeply in love with. I was devastated by this loss, but my reaction went way beyond heartbreak. I lost all…