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Tag: coping

The Swim

leaving depression in locker 8E grief wrapped up in a towel heartbreak trembling on the lip of the pool I … More

coping, depression, exercise, health, journal, lit mag, mental health, poem, poetry, reading, recovery, suicide, writing

Dear Reader, How Are You?

Hello You. Yes, You, reading this now. How are you? Are you safe and well? Are your loved ones safe … More

advice, check in, coping, corona, corona virus, covid, covid19, emotions, feelings, help, humanity, lockdown, love, mental health, quarantine, society, support, wellbeing

Father’s Day

Happy Father’s Day, to the greatest Dad that we ever could have wished for! I knew this day would be … More

alcohol, bereavement, coping, dad, daughter, essay, family, Father's Day, grief, letter, love, memories, metaphor, remembrance

170518

​Whenever “something big” happens in my life – whether it’s good, bad, serious, silly, awful, lovely or ridiculous – I … More

coping, death, diary, dream team, family, friendship, grief, imagination, journal, life, love, miss you, writing

Fifty-Four

And in the fifty-four weeks that I’ve somehow lived without you I have discovered that, while “I’ll be there for … More

BPD, coping, death, friendship, grief, Hijacked Amygdala, life, meaning, poetry, prosetry, writing

Love, Or Whatever This Is

You call this “love” but I can’t. Whatever this is feels like being wheeled into the operating room after years … More

coping, depression, grief, Hijacked Amygdala, life, love, prosetry, relationships, short prose, writing

Soup

I had spent the week in the same way, lying in bed, flat on my back, arms straight by my … More

books, coping, depression, Hijacked Amygdala, literature, London, love, relationships, short prose

SNL: Mauvishly Melancholy

I don’t always stay in on Saturday night but when I do I make sure that my literature matches my … More

books, coping, death, depression, fml, fuck off, grief, jewellery, life, literature, nails, whyyyy

Bread

People around here disappear all the time. In the pub the other day we were discussing some of the regular … More

coping, death, friends, grief, London, love you, miss you, mourning, pub life, slang, thoughts, writing
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