Conversations on Love: Lovers, Strangers, Parents, Friends, Endings, Beginnings

by Natasha Lunn

Some people think that love fixes everything – and it doesn’t. You can use it as a distraction but it’s not going to remove your suffering, ever, about anything, even in little ways. You might think, I’ll be less anxious if I have a partner, but you won’t be, unless you figure out how to do that by yourself.

But I think when you’re the sick person, you want someone to witness what is happening to you. Witnessing is a treatment and a form of love. And you can do it, no matter what.