#Wall

An emotional wall is an invisible fortress that repels the feelings and needs of others. It reduces appeals for intimacy and trust to mere specks of dust. Claimed to be a shield for psychological safety, in reality it is also the architect of a prison of loneliness. To those outside, it stands cold and aloof like an unfeeling rampart. It boasts an ironic self-strengthening feature: the more one tries to breach it, the thicker it becomes.

Stonewall is the invisible barrier erected by the refusal to speak. It is a cold strategy, accompanied by a polite smile, that seizes control by blocking another’s words. Easily deployed and just as easily removed in theory, its removal often requires a labyrinth of apologies. Forget to take it down and even the closest relationships become nothing but an empty wall. It is the final weapon of those who deem emotional discourse to be futile.