Closure Is a Myth (Sorry)
Don't Think with Carla Bezanson
Dear Media
4.9 • 547 Ratings
🗓️ 27 November 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever thought you were “over it” and then one dream, one song, one random Instagram story sends you straight back to square one? Same. This one’s about why moving on feels impossible, why “time heals all wounds” is only half true, and what actually helps when you’re stuck ruminating and waiting for closure that never comes.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a Dear Media production. |
| 0:13.2 | Hello. What's up, you guys? |
| 0:16.5 | Welcome to Don't Think the podcast for anyone whose brain keeps them kind of locked in these little loops and cycles and it actually feels like you're going insane in a prison cell, 75 to 99% of the time. |
| 0:30.3 | Welcome, welcome. |
| 0:31.9 | The days are getting shorter. |
| 0:33.6 | So is my will to live. |
| 0:34.8 | But here we are. |
| 0:35.5 | I'm recording this. |
| 0:36.7 | It's a swift. Let me see what time it is. 3. But here we are. I'm recording this. It's a swift. |
| 0:37.8 | Let me see what time it is. |
| 0:38.7 | 3.40 p.m. |
| 0:41.9 | And it feels like, it truly feels like midnight. |
| 0:45.9 | It's not even dark yet, but it's in the air. |
| 0:48.9 | You can feel it. |
| 0:49.8 | This time of year makes me feel so, so trapped. |
| 0:53.4 | And for those of us with like anxiety, depression, |
| 0:55.5 | whatever mental illness you have, assuming that you have one or many if you're here and loving |
| 1:00.4 | the show, if not, no worries. Thanks for being here anyway. Count your blessings. But for those of us |
| 1:06.7 | with something going on up top, this time of year is even worse. And I find myself ruminating and |
| 1:12.9 | overthinking more than ever. Maybe because I feel like I'm trapped in my apartment. I don't |
| 1:18.1 | know what to do with myself. But I'm spending a lot of time in my brain doing what feels like a lot, |
| 1:24.1 | but it's really nothing, right? Ruminating never actually gets us anywhere. |
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