Like a broken record made of knives...

Sometimes there arises situations in which there is information that you have to know, but that information is something you would give anything not to have to know. However, you know that you do, in fact, have to know it. You can't runaway from it or pretend like it doesn't exist, so you won't have to find out what it is. You have to face it head on. You have to have images burned into your brain. Images, that no matter how hard you try, you can't get rid of. They are just stuck in your head causing pain every time they bring themselves to the surface. Words replay themselves over and over again, torturing you. The words and images that will drive you to insanity. The words and images, that no matter how many times they have played themselves in your mind or how deeply they have burned themselves into your brain, still hurt like hell every time they arise.