The Mess and the Meaning

Compression Born in a Family of Suppressed Memory


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In this raw, real-time episode, Joi Sun reflects on a recent experience with her mother—an event that felt more like an exorcism than a health scare. It opens the door to a deeper truth: what happens when generational memory, long suppressed, begins to rupture through the body? As multiple women in Joi’s life begin to walk the outer edge of their fields, she’s left recognizing her role—not as their savior, but as the one born to stay. This is a field note on ancestral reckoning, neurodivergent sensitivity, and what it means to carry the pattern without carrying the pain.
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The Mess and the MeaningBy Joi Sun