The Screaming Behind the Silent Treatment: After Margaret Atwood

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The Screaming Behind the Silent Treatment: After Margaret Atwood by Louise Brophy

 “Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance, you have to work at it.” - The Handmaid’s Tale

Ignoring someone is more difficult than you would think, it

isn’t like you actually forget about them. And

the person usually knows what you’re doing too; it’s even worse when they don’t feel the

same way. When they want to remember you. When they want you to remember them. 

As fire mocks ice, flames dancing giddily while what was once frozen dwindles to a sorry pool, 

ignorance laughs at ignoring. Perhaps because it literally doesn’t know what ignoring is. But

you would much rather be oblivious to a person’s existence than

have to repress memories of the connection you once shared.

To forcibly forget is to deal a fatal blow unto oneself, though it’s towards the soul, not the body.

Work to censor your thoughts and actions, and censor the rest of yourself in the process. 

At the end of the day, ignoring may send the message that you’ve moved on. But

it doesn’t mean you’re happy that you did.