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8 May 2024 · 0 min

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In this brief segment of the KaramoShow, Speaker A confronts Speaker B about a perceived ghosting after being asked for $10 during a difficult time. Speaker B denies ghosting, explaining a tendency to isolate and avoid contact when overwhelmed, citing personal coping phases. Speaker A reflects on the broader impact of shutting down, noting that it creates harmful narratives in others' minds as people fill in the blanks when communication is absent. The dialogue highlights the importance of open communication during crises and critiques emotional shutdown as an unhealthy coping strategy.

She asked you for $10 in a hard moment. You ghosted her. What happened?
I didn't ghost her. Don't tell me, talk to her. Sis, I ain't ghost you. Sharonda too, y'all know this. Like I get in those phases where I don't wanna be bothered with nobody. So why'd you communicate that with her in that moment? I couldn't. I isolated myself from the world. I needed to like woosah, just, you know?
Yeah.
Yeah, 'cause he ain't answer the phone for me either.
Yeah, I understand. I've been in spaces like that where sometimes you just feel so overwhelmed, where you just feel like I gotta shut down. But what I've learned as I got older is that shutting down is probably one of the unhealthiest things because what happens is it then creates narratives in other people's minds of what they think is going on with me and what they think is going on with our relationship. Because people will fill in the blanks for you if you don't fill in the blank for 'em.
Right, right. This is just a piece of advice, brother.