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Tag: humanity

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

Words For Life

DESIDERATA Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far … More

advice, existence, happiness, humanity, kindness, knowledge, life, mental health, nature, peace, poem, poetry, self, silence, society, youth

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

Strippers

1 / This whole “life” thing would’ve been a lot easier, for me and everyone else, if only my parents … More

alcohol, art, borderline, Hijacked Amygdala, humanity, life, memory, prosetry, society, truth, writers, writing

230919

Q) What did you write about before your Dad died? A) Being worried about Dad dying. Wanting to die instead … More

answers, death, diary, family, grief, humanity, interview, introspective, journal, life, loss, missing, notebook, questions, writing

Somebody

Stumbling out of the pub last night we heard the helicopter before we saw it. “Air ambulance,” he said. “Trouble … More

anger, city, crime, crisis, death, humanity, justice, knife crime, life, London, murder, poetry, politics, prison, prosetry, rant, society, writing

​Friends in Low Places

A stranger came up to me one night on the South Bank to tell me that she always sleeps with … More

city, crazy, death, humanity, life, London, madness, memories, murder, notebook, strangers, suicide, summer, writing

RudeTube

The day after the November 2015 Paris attacks I was standing on the platform with my eyes shut, listening for … More

blogging, city life, ffs, Hijacked Amygdala, humanity, Islamophobia, London, observations, politics, religion, truth, writing, wronguns
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