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Helpful Advice?

Mental illness is just as real as any other disease. 

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We Lesser Beings… Thoughts On Physics And Grief

Shit has a funny way of creeping back up on you just when you think you’re done with it…  I thought I had accepted my failures. I thought I had gone crazy, recovered to a certain extent, mourned lost chances, and … Continue reading

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My “Best Me”? Or My Worst?

How is that my “best me” seems to come out only when I’m falling apart? I have panic attacks now, daily. The kind that has you hiding in your closet or breathing in a plastic bag. I haven’t slept a … Continue reading

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The Facebook Syndrome, Or Why I Haven’t Been Blogging Much Lately

I suffer from the Facebook Syndrome. As in, I’ve gotten infected with the “I want to present my life as a glorious, gorgeous and enviable commodity” disease that runs rampant on FB. Given that my life currently isn’t any of the … Continue reading

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Doom.

It lies on my shoulders like a yoke. It clenches my heart like a fist. It’s fear, constant nagging fear, and I don’t know of what. I wish I could let go, but I can’t. Something bad is going to … Continue reading

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Ups And Downs

There are days that it’s okay. Days that I’m okay, that I can concentrate, that I feel alive and present in both mind and body. Days that I don’t curse the universe for letting me open my eyes. It’s those … Continue reading

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Blunt Truth, Brought To You By Philip Larkin

This Be The Verse They fuck you up, your mom and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you. But they were fucked up … Continue reading

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Mental Illness Is Everywhere

I had this classmate in high school. She was the hot artsy chick, the type that doesn’t only have a Pinterest page full of cool ideas, but actually tries them out. She had cute nail art, a Leica camera, and … Continue reading

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Travel Stress And A Sense Of Foreboding

I’m leaving for Florence tomorrow, early morning. I bought new clothes and makeup, I got books from the library, I have my paperwork and everything in order, the flight and hotel have been arranged… and I’m terrified. I have wanted … Continue reading

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The Bitch Is Back! (Celebrating The End Of Blogging Hiatus)

I haven’t been here in a while, and I apologize for that. I would like to say that real life caught up with me (for that implies I was actually doing something with my life), but in truth it was … Continue reading

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