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6. Companions of Mutual Chaos

A chapter about conviction, compassion and making the most of a life consumed by madness.

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Kate Speer
May 05, 2023
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The week after Maura and I stole chocolate eclair ice cream bars from the hospital cafeteria was the happiest week I ever spent in a psych ward.

We weren’t just friends, we were missing pieces of each other. Bold, brave and brazen almost to a fault, she was all that had disappeared from me after the various traumas I had endured. We were companions of m…

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