There was something about the traumatic events of that earthquake that released so many stress hormones that people's hearts were actually kind of stunned. "We are very adaptable people," she says. After the pain subsided, she saw singledom as an opportunity for self-discovery. "I met him when I was 18, so I was not yet fully baked as a human being," she says. Williams, who raised two children with her ex-husband, hadn't been single at all in her adult life. The brain creates these stress hormones, she says, "so that when our partner leaves or sort of disappears, we get so agitated that we are motivated to go find them or feel so grateful when they come back." In other words, we're biologically primed from the start to feel stress when a relationship ends.įeeling untethered, Williams went to therapy, tried psychedelics (in a therapeutic setting), traveled on solo adventures and ventured back into dating in an effort to heal. Williams notes that falling in love actually stimulates the parts of the brain responsible for producing stress hormones - perhaps as a way to prepare for heartbreak. It's who I am.Shots - Health News I Thought It Was Just Stress, Until It Broke My Heart I always objected to it because there is a part of me that is solid Brooklyn and solid conventional and I know that. It meant a whole different thing to me - which is really hard to recover now because that's many years ago. "Finding out that I was gay when I was older was a shock and a disappointment. And I sat there and cried like a baby listening to the music." That evening of 9/11, they conducted Mahler's 2nd Symphony. "I couldn't deal with 9/11 the other day. The person I lived with - we lived together for all of those years so we make trips to our favorite places in Europe, so that we could read our favorite books, so that we could listen to music. My being gay was something of not great interest to me. "It just seemed like, why? It just seemed inauthentic and incorrect to burden him with that. On not discussing therapy sessions with his late partner, a psychoanalyst Interviews Why Maurice Sendak Puts Kid Characters In Danger It comes at a time when I am getting ripe, getting old - and I want to do work that resonates." Things come to you without you necessarily knowing what they mean. It came to me, which is what the creative act is all about. "When I thought of it, I was so happy I thought of it. 'I'll never be 10' touches me deeply but I won't pretend that I know exactly what it means," says Sendak. Sendak tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross that those two lines - his favorite in the book - sum up his life and his work. When his aunt returns she says, "Okay smarty, you've had your party but never again." Bumble-ardy replies, "I promise, I swear, I won't ever turn 10." But Bumble-ardy instead decides to throw a large costume party for himself after his aunt leaves for work - and mayhem ensues. He tells his Aunt Adeline that he would like to have a party for his ninth birthday, so Aunt Adeline plans a quiet birthday dinner for two. How?īumble-ardy is an orphaned pig, who has reached the age of 9 without ever having a birthday party. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Bumble-ardy Author Maurice Sendak
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