“Numbing vulnerability also fills our experience of love, joy, belonging, creativity, and empathy. We can‘t selectively numb emotion. Numb the dark and you numb the light.”

I loved this book because I enjoy dark and twisted shit. Unfortunately it‘s a true story. A short read, this was originally a series of articles that were later compiled into a book. Nellie Bly tells about her experience inside of Blackwell Island‘s Insane asylum and the gross mistreatment and abuse inflicted upon the patients by the nurses and staff.