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Category: Daily Diary

On Re-Reading My Own Book

Yesterday, I re-read my debut poetry collection, History of Present Complaint, for the first time since its release in February … More

books, borderline personality disorder, BPD, CPTSD, diary, dissociation, grief, journal, memory, poems, poetry, PTSD, reading, suicide, therapy, trauma, writing

Diary Entries – 11/52

Monday super sad again today, choosing names for children that I’ll never have. Tuesday thinking about that time we took … More

Daily Diary, diary, grief, journal, memoir, mental illness, notebook, poem, poetry, prose poem, prose poetry, prosetry, real life, writing

Stuff & Things: Spring 2021

And perfect sentence from Lucinella by Lore Segal: “Sweetness suffuses my blood like a substance that melts jealousy in retrospect.”   … More

books, covid, kitten, life, lockdown, London, nature, outdoors, pets, photo, photo diary, reading, vaccine

Out of Context Post-Its

intimate mingling of feelings of plentitude + emptiness WRITE YOURSELF, YOU WILL SURVIVE (Annie Ernaux) look like I’ve been fed … More

books, diary, ideas, journal, notes, quotations, quotes, writers, writing

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content warning: main theme of suicide, suicidal ideation, depression, death I am supposed to die today. Sunday 7th March 2021. … More

confessional, covid19, death, depression, diary, goals, illness, life, mental health, mental illness, mortality, pandemic, prose, suicidal, suicide, suicide prevention, support

Diary: March

CONTENT WARNING: MENTAL ILLNESS, SELF-HARM, SUICIDE, SUICIDAL IDEATION, DRUGS/ALCOHOL, DISORDERED THINKING I have decided to publish brief excerpts of the … More

2020, blog, coronavirus, covid19, diary, family, journal, memoir, mental health, mental health awareness, mental illness, notebook, personal, real life, writing

Diary: February

CONTENT WARNING: MENTAL ILLNESS, SELF-HARM, SUICIDE, SUICIDAL IDEATION, DRUGS/ALCOHOL, DISORDERED THINKING I have decided to publish brief excerpts of the … More

addiction, awareness, death, diary, illness, journal, mental health, mental illness, notebook, suicide, truth, writer, writing

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Free-written 2 weeks after I had a psychotic break last year The middle-aged Italian woman across the way is at … More

breakdown, city life, community, diary, free writing, home, life, mental health, neighbours, prose, relationships, short prose, writing

History of Present Complaint

Exciting news… my debut prosetry chapbook titled History of Present Complaint will be published by Close To The Bone in … More

book, books, chapbook, news, poems, poetry, poets, prosetry, published, publishing, writers, writing

Death Day #4

Dear Dad, Four years ago I saw you close your eyes for the final time; mine still move, wide and … More

anniversary, death, family, grief, loss, love, miss you, poem, poetry

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