Joyful Recollections of Trauma: A Hilariously Cathartic Memoir-in-Essays of Childhood Turmoil, Self Healing, and Finding Happiness

by Paul Scheer

upset.” It took me a while to realize that getting upset meant having any reaction at all. If nothing is a big deal, then any emotional response will seem out of place, and he never has to live with the discomfort of someone being upset.