Before transitioning, I had a severe eating disorder. The doctor said, “Your body’s shutting down and if you don’t improve your mental and physical wellbeing, you’ll die.” Shortly after that, I started transitioning medically and my eating disorder resolved.
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As a young man I had a car accident on a foggy night that left the vehicle looking like a squashed box, even though, by some miracle, I walked away unscathed.
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Watching Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal.
In a different sense, I’ve helped to try to resuscitate a dead man.
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As a man who tried to respect everyone, treating them with a smile and with due regard, despite the limitations of being human.
A singer. I wanted to live off music ever since I was a child – a wish that came true when I was over 35 years old.
The many nuns and priests who often work in the shadows, dedicating their lives to the service of others.
Earthly life is merely the infancy of our soul. What comes after physical death is, I imagine, like returning home.
My father, with whom I had a complex relationship: often, when I was young, his desire to protect me clashed with the stubbornness of my choices.
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