"Something else is hurting you - that’s why you need pot or whiskey, or screaming music turned so..."

“Something else is hurting you - that’s why you need pot or whiskey, or screaming music turned so fucking loud you can’t think.”

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Charles Bukowski (via darkthr0ne)

I’ve seen this in others since I was probably six years old, but for some reason it took me almost 30 years to apply this concept to myself. Thrashing around trying not to hurt is a hell of a way to live. I call it monstering.