Troubled: Why I'm still overcoming sectarianism

My mum’s teen years were characterised by routine bomb scares. But the most frightening part isn’t the horrifying violence she witnessed, but the nonchalance with which she talks about it. Northern Ireland’s atmosphere of hatred was her version of normal. 

Humans are incredibly adaptable. Even the most traumatic of circumstances can easily become just ‘the air we breathe’. Even if it’s subconscious at first, we end up accepting the most unacceptable environments as our reality.