On Being Told to Take Things Less Personally So That I Can Be Less Emotional

1. Haha, no.

2. Why?

3. Really, why? 

4. Please explain how this interpersonal interaction is not personal. I am here, personally. 

5. I remember when I took absolutely nothing personally. I felt nothing. I was apathetic and disconnected. I was only technically alive.

6. I don't know how. 

7. Specifically, I don't know how to feel less when I worked so hard to feel anything at all. 

8. I feel like this is more about your comfort than about my health.