Shamsudin Hakim describes a man's furious reaction to being seen on a livestream, tracing it to a lifetime of guarding against intimacy. The anger isn't about the observer but about exposure itself, a breach of the sealed room he built. Hakim calls this defensive wall an invisible prison that tightens as others get close.
Because I saw behind the wall in 10 minutes, a stranger on a livestream in front of people. And for a man who spent his life making sure nobody gets that close, that's terrifying. His anger wasn't at me. It was at being exposed, at someone getting close to the room he swore he'd never open. And the closer someone gets to that room, the harder his defenses work. That's the invisible prison. The walls aren't made of narcissism or limbo or faith.
