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Too Broken to Stop Smiling

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Abstract

The day I was diagnosed with smiling depression, my parents were finalizing their divorce.

My father, a respected surgeon, had his arm wrapped around one of his female patients, staring down my mother with arctic detachment. "Since you’ve already decided I’m unfaithful," he said, "I might as well give you what you want."

My mother’s eyes burned red. Without missing a beat, she turned and pressed her lips against the mouth of the childhood friend who had pined after her for years. "Fine," she choked out. "Right back at you."

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