Hannah Watanabe

About

Here is an honest admission: it is a peculiar thing to have to describe flatness to a stranger, particularly when the flatness itself makes the describing feel pointless. Most people arrive fairly certain that this will not help them. That scepticism is a symptom rather than an assessment. People who are depressed reliably underestimate the likelihood of anything improving, which is exactly why the condition is so effective at keeping itself in place. I do not need you to be hopeful in order to begin. I only need you to turn up, and we can proceed with your doubt fully present in the room. Caregiving was the background of my childhood, and I learned early that turning up matters more than feeling ready. If you are certain this will not work, come anyway and let us test it. Doubt is welcome in the room and it does not have to be resolved first.