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November 26, 2025 · Source: Medium

My Trauma with the Kitchen

The science behind fear and the memories that still live in the body.

Voice5
Lyric intensity6
The line7
Mind under feeling9
Held shape8
Literary mean 7.0 / 10

Highlights

Powerful compression: 'I was used, by myself and by the people.'
The line

Voice

Direct blog-style address competes with the clinical definitions and personal narrative.

Lyric intensity

Visceral duality: 'turned the meat in the wok. Then cried again.'

Mind under feeling

Excellent swerve: unpacking the 'why'—cooking as a performance of servitude.

Held shape

Strong arrival; the transition from textbook definitions to personal reclamation holds together.

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