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If we traveled back to March of 2020,
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when COVID-19 changed life
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as any of us had known it,
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no one could've predicted all we have learned
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and all we have lost since then.
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We are certainly in a different environment.
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And now, over a year later,
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with vaccines widely available,
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family and friends reuniting, and children back to schools,
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there are moments when it can seem
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like nothing but a bad dream.
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But one unknown
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still left to be reckoned with
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is the more long-term effects
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on our collective psyche.
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That's why I'm so glad to have the opportunity
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to speak with Dr. Paul Weston.
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He's a successful author with a host of indebted patients
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from his former private practice,
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and now, he's become one of the most trusted sources
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of insight into modern American psychology.
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So let's go to Dr. Weston
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from the 32nd International Congress of Psychology...
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Paul, hi! It's Brooke. Um...
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(clears throat) I got your messages,
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and I've been meaning to call you back,
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uh, but my work schedule has been intense.
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I don't have to tell you.
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I... I never know if you're home in New York
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or traveling, but I would love
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to find a moment to catch up.
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But, just so you know, I'm good.
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Really am. Busy, but good.
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Uh, but call me any time. Yeah?
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If I can pick up, I will.
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Give my best to Corina,
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and I hope you're well.
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(light piano music playing)
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♪ ♪
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(sighs)
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I have to tell you that I...
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-I've been worried. -Oh.
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-About what? -You.
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(scoffs) Oh.
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Mm-hm. At the end of our last session,
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you seemed despondent.
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Well, I'm sorry. (exhales)
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I'm not asking for an apology.
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Okay, well, I'm not sorry.
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Hey, my Bentley got fixed.
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-Did it? -Mm-hmm. They detailed her and everything.
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Daddy's mechanics did such a good job.
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It's like she was never in an accident.
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-She's like good as new. -Laila...
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Actually, what kind of car do you drive?
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Let, let, let me guess, let me guess. Like, you're probably
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a Volvo person.
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You know, all like, "safety first,"
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and like, "vanilla's like my favorite flavor."
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No? Audi?
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Miss I-Love-Rihanna- and-Potato-Leek-Soup?
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A Mini Cooper? I mean...
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-I could see it. -I drive a Prius.
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Ooh...
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So, how many times have people tried to hop in the backseat,
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thinking it was a, uh, an Uber?
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-Four. -Whoa!
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-(laughs) -What?
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Now, can we get back
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to talking about our last session together?
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-What about it? -Well, you said
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that you didn't think you could ever be happy,
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and then you got lost in your phone.
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-Oh, I wasn't lost. -Oh, okay.
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Rephrase.
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It seemed like you were having a tough moment,
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and you felt compelled to reach out to Cara.
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Was she able to be there for you, give you what you need?
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-Of course she did. -I'm glad.
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(scoffs) Why?
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Believe it or not,
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I care about you, Laila.
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(laughs)
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(sighs) That's like the gayest shit you've ever said.
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Thank you.
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Is Cara some sort of...
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refuge for you?
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Refuge? Like I'm an endangered animal?
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Have you noticed you tend to pick apart my words
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when I ask you something you don't want to talk about?
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Well, I have no problem talking about Cara.
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But you seem to have a problem talking about you.
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(sighs)
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-Cara and I met at the same summer camp two years ago. -Sleep-away?
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(scoffs) No.
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Church camp.
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I went about eight years in a row.
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-That's a lot of summers. -I didn't want to go back for the ninth,
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but it wasn't really my choice. I got to be a CIT though.
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"Counselor in training."
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Did you like having more responsibility?
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Laila: I liked having more freedom.
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Because when I met Cara...
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Okay, so the campers are split into two groups.
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The White Group was the youngest, like...
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Jesus at Christmas.
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And the Gold Group was the oldest,
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like Jesus at Easter.
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And Cara was a Gold camper, which is basically a CIT,
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so she was a camper, but not, you know?
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-Sure. -We couldn't hang out much at camp,
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so... (laughs)
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so we figured out how to escape and
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go to this Walgreens a few blocks away
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to buy snacks. And we'd just, like,
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sit in the parking lot and talk.
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What would you talk about?
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Literally everything. Like TV,
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music, books that we liked. I mean,
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we were both obsessed with "An Ember in the Ashes"
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at the time. But, um, yeah.
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Clothes, hair, makeup.
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-I see. -But it wasn't like
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all like superficial stuff all the time though.
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Sometimes, we talked about God.
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Like if we truly believed.
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And do you believe? In God?
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Oh, um...
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I mean, it's like complicated.
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I'm pretty good with complicated.
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Well, okay, Humble.
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Cara and I believe that there's a god but not, like,
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some white guy with white hair, you know?
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We're more spiritual.
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We both like the culture of church, of Black church,
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like the music and the clothes and...
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Yeah, the feeling when everyone's excited about a sermon.
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But we like religions in general.
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Cara is obsessed with Egypt, so when we found out
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that there were mummies in Peru, I mean, we got super into that.
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-Why? -Well,
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the Inca kept their mummies around for like generations.
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They believed that there was like this difference
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between biological death, like the,
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you know, dying and becoming a mummy part,
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and social death, which didn't happen until their descendants,
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like, forgot about them.
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So they didn't always keep their mummies in their tombs.
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They like brought them out to do stuff.
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Their family would go to them for advice, or they'd attend,
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like, marriage ceremonies and get danced around even.
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They just had this invisible strength
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that everyone believed in.
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I don't know, it's just...
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It's cool.
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So...
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it's another life, in a way.
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Sort of. Yeah.
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But, without the pain.
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Do you think that life is painful?
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Um...
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I don't know if I like wanna talk about that kind of stuff.
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Brooke: Okay.
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Wait, really?
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Really.
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(sighs)
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-I hate that. -What?
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When you like don't make me do stuff.
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Brooke: You want to hightail it 4,000 miles
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to get away from your grandmother
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who you think is too controlling.
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It's probably not smart for me to
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operate in the same way, right?
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Yeah, but, like, I don't know what to do in here.
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I don't know how to do "this."
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But you're doing it. This is it.
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-Jeez, like I need you to patronize me, too? -What do you need, Laila?
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-Nothing! -Then why do you keep coming back?
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Because of my grand--
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Because like if it helps my grandma get off my back
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about Cara, then I'll do it. I love her.
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Laila, what do you think love is?
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I... don't know. I've never like looked it up.
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Doesn't mean you don't know what it means to you.
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-Yeah, well, you shouldn't use a double negative. -Laila...
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You're doing it again.
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I know.
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(sighs) So I know what love isn't,
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but I know that that's not the way
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you're supposed to define things.
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Well, I wasn't asking for a definition.
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So, love isn't...
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-giving someone a present. -Why not?
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Well, because that makes you feel good.
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It doesn't make someone else feel good.
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Sometimes it does.
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I like getting presents.
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Yeah, but giving someone something isn't the same
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as loving them, I don't think.
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-No? -Well, no.
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My dad gives me everything,
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and that doesn't mean he loves me.
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It just means that he feels bad
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about not spending time with me.
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And worrying about someone all the time, too,
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like my grandma does. That's not loving someone either.
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Why not?
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Well because hoping something bad doesn't happen
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isn't the same as hoping something good will happen.
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So, is loving someone hoping that
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good things are going to happen to them?
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-I guess not. -So...
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what is love?
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Um...
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Mm, I don't know. Not doing anything?
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I-I don't mean not doing anything.
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I just mean it's not, like,
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fixing or-or guiding or...
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I don't know! It-it's like watching or--
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I mean, that sounds creepy, but it's like...
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-Noticing. -Noticing what?
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Laila: Well, everything.
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It's knowing what she wants without her having to say it.
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It's not about, I don't know,
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getting her the mocha Frappuccino.
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It's about knowing the fact that she likes the mocha Frappuccino,
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or whatever the soul-level equivalent
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to a mocha Frappuccino is. I mean, I could be wrong,
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but, in a way,
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love isn't complicated. It's...
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I don't know, just like...
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(sighs)
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paying attention.
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And do you mean physical attention?
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Um...
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-that's not what I was talking about. -Okay, but does it?
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Why would you, like-- why would you ask?
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Because I think
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physical intimacy
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is an important aspect to committed,
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healthy relationships.
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Yes, I know what sex is.
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I'm well aware of that.
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No, I-I'm not talking about--
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Your sex addiction.
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Yeah...
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Sorry about that. I was just trying to--
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Test me.
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I get it.
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I must've sounded ridiculous, didn't I?
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I had my doubts, Laila. (chuckles)
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But,
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I knew you were trying to tell me something.
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(sighs)
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So...
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I don't know. Can we like talk about...
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sex in here?
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Like, actually talk about it?
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There's little I haven't heard on the subject.
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And are other people disappointed in it, too?
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Are you disappointed in it?
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I guess I just have always wanted it
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to be more than what it is.
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Brooke: Tell me about that.
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I mean, I've had sex. Like...
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three boys, and one girl.
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When things start really happening, I just...
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I kind of start thinking about the wrong stuff.
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"Wrong stuff" how? In what way?
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I guess I would just start, like, thinking about
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my grandma and, like, how...
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pissed off she'd be if she knew.
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Do you think that's like fucked up?
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I think it...
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that girls and women
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have been conditioned to not be present
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in their bodies during sex.
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What do you mean?
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Society, in general, places importance
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on female-identified bodies looking good
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during a sexual encounter.
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How we feel during a sexual encounter is...
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secondary. It...
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creates a pervasive dissociative effect,
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and that's how you go into your mind with your grandma
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and not stay
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in the moment, in your body.
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You-you ever heard people talk about female orgasm, right?
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Yeah. Like you shouldn't expect it to happen every time.
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Exactly. It's fickle.
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Uh, female sexuality
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is mysterious.
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Women are unknowable.
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Making us come is arduous.
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Locating the clitoris is impossible.
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You know, that's all broadcast out
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to every gender.
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Women's feelings are so difficult to determine,
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it's not even worth the effort.
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I don't believe in any of that.
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N-- It's not about belief--
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No, no, no. I like my body. I'm not scared of it. And...
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And when I'm with Cara, it's not about...
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our bodies. It's about our souls, you know?
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I wouldn't... I'm able to be with her, and...
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I mean, like, truly be together. I just want it to be...
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I mean, I don't know. I just-- I'm happy when I'm with her.
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I love her more than anyone I've ever met, and honestly? Like,
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I've never even kissed the girl.
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(sighs)
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Hm.
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But, I think about that kiss a lot.
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I've even told her about our first kiss
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without her even knowing.
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It sounded like a story that we were writing together,
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but for me, it was...
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it was our story.
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I'd like to hear it.
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Well, we're taking that train I told you about.
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From Cusco to Machu Picchu.
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(sighs) Mm. And...
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we're passing by
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this rushing river and,
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I mean, these incredible mountain vistas.
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♪ ♪
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(brief chuckle)
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And all of a sudden, we realize
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that we're just looking at one another.
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I raise my hand and...
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trace the curve of her neck.
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And her lips.
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(chuckles)
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And the train rocks and...
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we move closer and...
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it rocks again, and...
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it happens.
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(quiet sigh)
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We're eternal.
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-Laila? -Hm?
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When you describe the kiss,
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what are you feeling?
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Uh, I don't know. I'm just, like,
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thinking about it.
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In your body, as you sit here,
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what do you feel?
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Laila: Um... tingly?
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My fingers. (laughs) My face. I-I don't know.
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You-you, like, pulled me out of it,
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and now I'm just back sitting in this room with you.
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Have you ever heard of somatic therapy, Laila?
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Laila: Well, soma means "body" in Latin.
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Brooke: It's a body-centered therapy.
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Looks at the mind-body relationship,
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especially as it relates to trauma.
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Okay. Cool.
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I'm not an expert, but I can't help feeling this...
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this pull to keep you grounded.
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In the present,
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in your body,
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in this room.
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Why?
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Brooke: I'm still trying to figure that out for myself.
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So you, like, don't know everything?
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I told you. (laughs)
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But, I do think
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something important is here, Laila.
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And I think it somehow ties
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to the discipline
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you experienced from your grandmother,
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and your tendency towards fantasy,
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your constant desire to escape.
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Can I just like not care about any of that stuff?
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-Any of what? -Like...
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(sighs) Like physical stuff, body stuff,
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like corporeal stuff,
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as you would say it.
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Like arms, legs, tits. Like,
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what does it even mean, you know?
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Our body doesn't always tell the true story about who we are.
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I don't know, I... if I always feel like a girl.
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There's more to me than that. I don't know if it's, you know,
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boy either, but...
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(sighs) You know when you're standing
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in front of a foggy mirror, and you just can't, like...
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find yourself?
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Well, that's what I was describing like sex as.
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I just feel like...
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like there's probably something more.
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And not just bodies. Like...
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even things.
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Like cars or clothes. Like, none of that tells the truth
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about who we are.
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Like the way I dress. Like my hair, my nails, like...
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That's what makes grandma happy. It doesn't show
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the truth inside of me, you know?
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Honestly, I'm just starting to get to the point where I...
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don't need like physical things anymore.
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-What do you mean? -Like everything! My entire life,
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ever since being here last week, I'm realizing that
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I don't need physical things, so I'm getting rid of it.
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I'm getting rid of all of it. I'm-I'm selling it.
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-You're selling your-- -Yes! My shoes, my clothes, my bags! Like...
403
00:19:46,633 --> 00:19:49,173
Can I interest you in a Chanel Boy bag?
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Instant classic, named after Coco's first love.
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Tempting.
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(scoffs)
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(sighs)
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I just want, like,
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Cara and I to be comfortable
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living in Peru for a while.
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Like, eventually, yeah.
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I'll get a job translating for someone into English.
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I'll work at a restaurant, a bar,
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but when we first get there, I just want it to be like...
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about exploring. About hiking. About Machu Picchu.
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-About taking it in, taking each other in. -Laila...
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I have to tell you, I'm concerned.
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About what?
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The way you talk about leaving, it's just...
420
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so much fantasy language.
421
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The happily-ever-after of it all.
422
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-Yeah, I'm excited, so what? -And that's fine.
423
00:20:53,566 --> 00:20:55,996
And I know you and Cara are close,
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but you are two individuals
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with different hopes and needs.
426
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What if your Machu Picchu
427
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isn't Cara's Machu Picchu?
428
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-What happens then? -No, not this again.
429
00:21:09,266 --> 00:21:11,996
"You two are different. Cara's 15, you're 18."
430
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Brooke: I don't think that's where I was going with my question,
431
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Laila, but what happens if things don't go
432
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exactly as you...
433
00:21:20,566 --> 00:21:23,466
Do you remember the fantasy
434
00:21:23,533 --> 00:21:26,203
you told me about saving your grandmother?
435
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Throwing her in the Escalade and taking out
436
00:21:29,566 --> 00:21:32,496
-whoever's in your path who might-- -Yes. Yes.
437
00:21:32,566 --> 00:21:35,996
And do you see that scenario going exactly as you imagine it?
438
00:21:36,066 --> 00:21:38,466
No, of course not!
439
00:21:43,533 --> 00:21:45,573
Look, the whole like Peru thing,
440
00:21:45,633 --> 00:21:47,673
it doesn't have to be like perfect.
441
00:21:47,733 --> 00:21:49,503
And how will you feel if it's not?
442
00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:51,500
How should I know?
443
00:21:51,566 --> 00:21:53,766
Imagine it. You're very good at that.
444
00:21:54,033 --> 00:21:56,273
Wow, you're really starting to piss me off.
445
00:21:57,666 --> 00:22:00,166
-Thank you for telling me-- -Goddammit! You're supposed
446
00:22:00,233 --> 00:22:02,703
to hit me when I say shit like that, not thank me!
447
00:22:02,766 --> 00:22:04,496
Your feelings are valid, whatever they are.
448
00:22:04,566 --> 00:22:07,196
Except for the ones where Cara and I are both in Peru?
449
00:22:07,266 --> 00:22:09,726
I promised you that I would always be honest with you,
450
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and I am not going to break that trust now.
451
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Then fine! Just say it! Say it all then!
452
00:22:17,166 --> 00:22:20,026
If you think I have so much to say,
453
00:22:20,100 --> 00:22:21,400
I'd prefer you say it.
454
00:22:21,466 --> 00:22:24,296
What? That I'm being reckless? Impulsive?
455
00:22:24,366 --> 00:22:27,726
That I'm giving everything up for some grand, impossible idea?
456
00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:29,670
That I'm being immature? Well, yeah!
457
00:22:29,733 --> 00:22:31,473
Maybe I am! Maybe that's just exactly
458
00:22:31,533 --> 00:22:33,633
what I fucking want to be!
459
00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:37,570
(panting)
460
00:22:37,633 --> 00:22:41,173
Like, who the fuck wants to grow up and buy a house and pay bills
461
00:22:41,233 --> 00:22:42,733
and like do laundry? Like,
462
00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:46,170
who even knows how to do any of that?
463
00:22:46,233 --> 00:22:48,533
(sighs) Like, I learned how to tie my shoes
464
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when I was like 11. 11!
465
00:22:50,766 --> 00:22:54,126
Like, I can't do anything! Do you realize that?
466
00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:56,600
I'm not some self-made boss-ass bitch like you.
467
00:22:56,666 --> 00:22:59,166
I am fucking useless!
468
00:23:04,166 --> 00:23:05,996
(shaky breathing)
469
00:23:07,700 --> 00:23:10,000
Like, if you put a book in front of me,
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I'm gonna read it. If you give me an essay,
471
00:23:12,233 --> 00:23:14,773
I'll fucking write it. But ask me what side of the car
472
00:23:15,033 --> 00:23:18,373
my gas tank is on, I have no idea!
473
00:23:18,433 --> 00:23:20,473
My dad takes it and fills it up at the dealership
474
00:23:20,533 --> 00:23:22,203
whenever it gets low. Like,
475
00:23:22,266 --> 00:23:25,326
I am a joke! Do you realize that?
476
00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:28,730
These hands, they honestly do not do shit!
477
00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:30,230
But up here?
478
00:23:30,300 --> 00:23:32,600
I mean, of course, like, I have some
479
00:23:32,666 --> 00:23:34,566
hopeful dream towards my future.
480
00:23:34,633 --> 00:23:36,533
At least it's one where I can actually
481
00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:37,770
do something!
482
00:23:38,033 --> 00:23:40,373
If not, I'm just sitting in my dorm room at Berkeley,
483
00:23:40,433 --> 00:23:42,303
texting my girlfriend in code,
484
00:23:42,366 --> 00:23:45,096
while my grandma is off in the communal living area,
485
00:23:45,166 --> 00:23:48,596
making Top Ramen for us, and if that's the fucking case...
486
00:23:49,566 --> 00:23:52,026
Dr. Taylor, then I'd rather die!
487
00:23:56,500 --> 00:23:57,600
(quiet exhale)
488
00:24:02,566 --> 00:24:04,726
Thank you for telling me that.
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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
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