At the time, when you're being dissected and judged it's pretty brutal, but in hindsight it's great and - it sounds cliched - you do come out the other side better and stronger.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Being in love, and I'm not an expert in this, I've lived it as much as anyone has, but I've not dissected it.
I guess every single word I've ever said is going to be dissected now.
You can either look at things in a brutal, truthful way that's depressing, or you can screw around and have fun.
The more painful it is, tragically, the more you do learn, though, that's the good part.
Giving shape to a painful experience is powerful because it helps us to see, first, how we got through it; second, how we can share it. The experience doesn't stay trapped within us, unspoken, curdling - instead, the art of arranging and transforming it reduces the burden. It no longer belongs to only you.
No day-to-day mishaps or indignities can really compromise your sense of self after you've survived a deep tragedy.
I have never dissected my personal life. What sense would it make?
It can be kind of gruesome at times, making things alone.
I think it's an amazing quality to be able to roll with the punches and not be totally ruined as a person because life's been rough for you. That's a really admirable way to go through your life.
I don't really talk about surgery, because I feel like no one should be judged on their journey.