Comfort, If Not A Cure | With Nazanin Boniadi

舒适,如果不是治愈的话|与纳扎宁·博尼亚迪

Modern Love

2019-03-28

20 分钟
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How much can you give of yourself before it’s too much? And what do you do when you reach your limit? Nazanin Boniadi ("Hotel Mumbai") reads Tara Ebrahimi's essay.
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  • Modern.

  • The podcast is supported by.

  • Produced by the Ilab at WBUR Boston from the New York Times and WBUR Boston.

  • This is modern love stories of love, loss and redemption.

  • I'm your host, Magna Chakrabarti.

  • If you've ever been a caregiver, you might have wondered, how much can you give of yourself before it's too much?

  • And what do you do when you reach your limit?

  • Tara Ibrahimi gets at those questions in her piece a sister's comfort if not a cure.

  • It's read by Nazanin Bonyadi, who stars in the new movie Hotel Mumbai.

  • It's playing now in select theaters and nationwide.

  • On March 29.

  • The first time, my younger brother, Takin, said his teeth were falling on the floor, my family was concerned, but we believed it was a passing manifestation of anxiety from the dental surgery he had recently been through.

  • When he complained that his teeth were sliding down his throat and that he didn't have a mouth, we exchanged uncomfortable looks.

  • But when he started walking around with a mirror in his hand and his finger in his mouth for days on end, we knew hoping for the best was no longer sufficient.

  • Within six months, Takin had lost both of his jobs and had become violent at times, throwing dishes and grabbing the steering wheel and swerving the car.

  • When riding with my parents, youre not doing anything to help.

  • Hed scream at them.

  • Im in pain.

  • My teeth are gone.

  • You dont care.