The Dissociation Machine - by P.E. Moskowitz

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The internet as trauma response.

I was 13 years old and in 8th grade and three blocks away from the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. I was in school when the first plane hit. It shook the building and my Spanish notebook dropped from the desk to the floor and we ran to the window and saw the large hole with the flames shooting out and that’s when the separation from my own reality began. Then, a mother coming in, in tears, in panic, pulling her daughter out of class. Then, the cafeteria, where I attempted to call my parents only to discover cell phones did not work. I thought my dad might have had a meeting downtown…

The Dissociation Machine - by P.E. Moskowitz

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