From my beloved friend, BB, with her permission:
“…Some people disconnect while in the presence of others. Keeping up the facade of connection to support a mass cultural trance. Which supports the illusion that staying in persistent, deep connection is somehow normal and even possible. But the suffering is the loss of the self. The soul’s journey. We can leave and return to each other quite handily and healthfully if only we all allow freedom of movement and trust our deep and lasting connection. Hard to do for many I think. And the constraints of the human condition make it a painful process as well. But such freedom! ‘