Only truth can hurt

Bullshit doesn't sting. But the truth you don't want to face does.

While unpacking an obscene amount of Amazon boxes, I had a thought that the things someone can hurt another person by saying aloud are only true things.

Photo by Marcelo Dias

I remember being deathly afraid of people calling me fat throughout my childhood, teen years, and into my early twenties.

Comparing my smaller selves to my current, I can look back an…