The Truth

In the last ‘episode’ (episode used as in psychotic rather than as serial) there were some Facts that some people may have found disturbing. All apologies for reality, but that’s the way it is. There are of course circumstances in which we do not want to know the truth, we say we do because we feel anxious like we are worrying too much thinking about what it could be, but really if we knew we would wish that we did not. For example we know that most people will not help people in need if there is discomfort in it for them. We deny this, but we do know it. (‘How many times has someone screamed in agony and got no response although they were perfectly within earshot of people?’) It’s been tested (by agonizing teens over and over again.) Then there is the question of “What happened?” and while we feel we must know what has caused someone who is obviously suffering such discomfort, and feel it may be good to get it off their chest, we do not feel comfortable as listeners to stories of attempted suicide in those we care about, nor would many of us feel comfortable talking about sexual abuse with a pre-teen who is talking about their own experience. Do we really need to know the truth, do we even actually want to?