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anxiety, book, childhood, death, depression, family, love, memories, memory, mental illness, poems, poetry, Poland, sadness, writing

The Least I Can Do

Bathe exfoliate epilate lather skin in cocoa butter Feel how soft my legs are! I demand, limbs in your face … More

anxiety, chronic illness, couple, depression, effort, fibromyalgia, love, mental health, poem, poetry, relationships, sorry, writing

August Meditations

I met a woman in trouble on the streets of Camden, helped her to get away from her abusive boyfriend … More

abuse, anxiety, BPD, change, chronic illness, depression, diary, help, life, mental illness, mood, notebook, sadness, stress, writing

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Anxiety feels like I spend my whole life Dressed in white Just waiting to be ruined.

anxiety, fear, ffs, journal, life, mental health, mental illness, notebook, panic, paranoia, poem, poetry, writing

S.S.

I’m still obsessed with her. Have been since I first heard her name and saw her face. I often wonder … More

anxiety, death, depression, family, grief, illness, memory, mental health, missing, poem, poetry, sadness, suicide, thoughts, tragedy, writing

Enough

All I have: 1) myself, and 2) words. But what if I can’t find the words, if I run out … More

anxiety, depression, fear, grief, journal, language, memoir, notebook, poem, poetry, words, writing

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This is who I am today: kitchen-scissor haircut, pale, tired, anxious, wearing the lipstick that you so loved to smudge, … More

anxiety, bipolar, BPD, diary, face, love or something like it, makeup, personality, personality disorder, photo, poem, self, self portrait

The Autumn of My Discontent

I wake up worrying about Autumn. It seems so far away and yet some mornings, when I go out to … More

anxiety, conversation, dialogue, fear, ffs, friendship, help, life, mental health, mindfuckery, mindful, mindfulness, phone call, seasons, short prose, writing

Argentina

You know when you’re on the bus and you’re coming back from the supermarket (because, after 4 attempts, you finally … More

anxiety, bipolar, borderline, BPD, eupd, fear, fuckup, help, journey, life, madness, mental health, paranoia, poetry, prose, suicidal, unstable, writing

Maintenant

It’s not that everything is wrong, it’s just that nothing is right. Nothing is right.

addiction, anxiety, bipolar, borderline, BPD, depression, ffs, life, poetry, recovery, relapse, self harm, short, suicide, truth, writing

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