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communication - by Molly Mielke - Mind Mud

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are you quiet or are you scared?

The Dream by Henri Rousseau (1910) Hi! Molly here. I want to write more because it makes me happy and helps me understand myself. This is me doing that :) I’ve been hearing “you should talk more” for… forever. From the very beginning, communication was clearly my strong suit: I’d growl and glare at other kids when they did something I didn't like. Once I got a little older and started going to parties, I discovered that my soft voice would simply dissolve into the baseline hum of human voices. Instead of shouting, I shut up. When I did speak, I picked my words carefully. Anything that…

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