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Tag: existentialism

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1. Minutes these relentless finite minutes of mine he says we have to make ours count but I just count … More

death, depression, existentialism, life, love, mental illness, mortality, philosophy, poem, poetry, relationships, suicide, time, writing

Review: First Cut #5 – Hart

Book: Unsongs: Volume I Author: Gabriel Hart Publisher: Close To The Bone (April 2021) – part of the ‘First Cut’ … More

Bob Dylan, book review, existentialism, first cut, poems, poetry, poetry book, poetry collection, review, songs, songwriting, wisdom

I Gave Myself September (2)

Read part 1 here Not a lot of people cheat death once, let alone 3 or 6 or x or n … More

confessional, death, essay, existence, existentialism, humanity, life, mental health, pain, peace, prosetry, suffering, suicide, writing

I Gave Myself September (1)

Content warning: recurrent theme of suicidal ideation Days and weeks and months, indeed whole years, that I never wanted, expected … More

confessional, depression, essay, existence, existentialism, humanity, life, mental health, mental illness, nihilism, pain, strength, suffering, suicide, trauma, writing

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Father, I know you blamed yourself when Cambridge rejected me. I’d spent the months prior to my interviews falling in … More

academia, books, college, education, existentialism, family, grief, letter, life, literature, love, reading, school, university, writing

Brexi(s)t

when you want to live but, at the same time, you also want to die you do neither: you merely … More

death, existence, existentialism, free writing, future, Hijacked Amygdala, life, mortality, poem, poetry, suicide, writing

“cause”

I am a rebel but not one without a cause I am a rebel with a cause typically a cause … More

existentialism, free verse, life, mental health, philosophy, poem, poetry, suicide, thinking, writing

Friday Night Live from London

A wise man once told me, ‘All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence … More

academics, addiction, bipolar, books, borderline, BPD, depression, education, existentialism, knowledge, learning, mental health, philosophy, psychology, questions, reading, religion, studying, thinking, writing

This Post Is Not Going To Have A Title

I always thought that I could put anything into words. Whatever feeling, whatever situation, whatever image, I could put it … More

addiction, bipolar, BPD, death, depression, existence, existentialism, fear, life, mental health, pain, phobias, suicidal, suicide, torture, words, writing

Plans & Weeds

Days sober: 28 – four weeks. It’s okay in the day, I’m staying busy Tied up enough so I don’t have … More

#655321, addiction, alcohol, anxiety, art, beauty, bipolar, borderline, BPD, buildings, cemeteries, death, depression, existence, existentialism, future, graveyards, life, London, lyrics, mortality, music, nature, paranoia, planning, plans, sober, summer, things to do, thinking, writing

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