I’m Afraid to Move

On all the places we are afraid to leave.

Adeline Dimond
Human Parts
Published in
9 min readMay 3, 2023

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Photo by Louis Hansel on Unsplash

I am afraid to move. If I sold my house and moved into my parents’ old house, all my problems (like this one and this one) would be solved. But I can’t do it. I’m too scared.

The Internet tells me there is a name for this: topophobia, which sounds so cute. “Topo” is Greek for place, although it sounds like a pogo stick or an ice cream…

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Adeline Dimond
Human Parts

Federal attorney, writing thought crimes on Medium. To connect: Adeline.Dimond@gmail.com