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Work to Grow
Mass shootings, a looming pandemic, nearly 800 million starving people in the world, and here I am, well-fed, housed, healthy, safe......
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Friends
As an adult, I've found little success in making friends outside of a workplace. I used to get angry about that fact. Used to wish that...
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Assuming the Future
Planning on leaving this amazing city has made me feel so appreciative of all it has to offer. It's made me linger on the lakefront...
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Fully Awake
Because I would escape into my mind, my mind became a cage. Maladaptive daydreaming is something I wish would be discussed in the mental...
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Method to My Madness
I get a lot of questions about mental illnesses... treatments, management, triggers, etc. What I know is what I've learned from...
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You Only Live Once
I had a friend recently convince me to start writing down one line summaries of random and/or bizarre things that have happened in my...
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A Bit More Alive
I started writing as a way to escape. I created my own world in which to live, separate from the strain and stress of reality. Then -...
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Perfect isn't Perfect
Perfection is an infuriating concept to me. 'Perfect' is based on preference and opinion. When we 'strive for perfection', whose...