ORIGINAL SECTION

Episode 1 — Imagination Is Just Another Memory

Kariem Ali Season 1 Episode 1

"LIVE FROM THE SECTION "

Episode 1 introduces the foundation of this podcast — a story rooted in repeated loss, emotional numbness, and living with trauma at a young age.


Through spoken-word narration, this episode reflects on growing up losing loved ones back to back, avoiding funerals, suppressing emotion, and carrying last conversations that never stop echoing. What begins as imagination slowly reveals itself as memory — trauma replaying in real time.


The episode also breaks down five real PTSD responses woven into the story, including emotional numbness, avoidance, fear of emotion, escaping reality, and intrusive memories that replay both day and night.


This is not fiction.

This is not imagination.

This is trauma speaking — PTSD in real life.


Episode 1 sets the tone for the season and opens the door to deeper conversations ahead.


We in this together.


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