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What does it mean?
It describes comfort through shared discomfort.
In plain terms
Felt at home because pain fit.
What can you take from it?
Pain can bring belonging.

Where it applies

  • finding a place
  • shared suffering

Putting it to work

  • finding shared spaces

Questions to consider

  • Is comfort in pain healthy?
  • Where do you fit?

Another view

It conflates pain with comfort.

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