Rules - July 16, 1999

1. Loneliness is your friend. Do not lose sight of your isolation.
2. No feelings. No pain. Feel nothing. Want nothing.
3. The pain assaults you, embracing like an old friend. The only friend ever known.
4. Your goal is to survive. Survive from minute to minute. From second to second. From day to day.
5. Remember nothing. Feel nothing. Say nothing.
6. Silence is a gift. Treasure it.
7. The ice that surrounds you is a shelter. Face away from the world.
8. Live in the now. There is no future.
9. Reveal nothing. Revel in nothing.
10. Forget your past. Tabula ras.

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