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Tag: illness

Ivy

I bought 10ft of artificial ivy once off t’internet / for pennies part of the Poison Ivy costume I was … More

advice, death, family, funeral, grief, illness, loss, memory, poetry, wisdom

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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: 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

14 Days

14 days of self-isolation, not because you are infected with the COVID-19 virus but because you: are seriously depressed // … More

addiction, books, coronavirus, covid19, depression, health, humour, illness, isolation, life, list, mental health, mental illness, poem, poetry, reading, sickness

Advice For Alcoholics

ONE / The woman with the ugly shoes tells you that “alcohol and depression don’t mix.” She is wrong. They … More

addiction, advice, alcohol, alcoholism, change, drink, drugs, Dry January, illness, life, memoir, mental health, mental illness, poetry, prosetry

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

L’Hôpital’s Rule

diary, health, hospital, illness, Jeremy Cunt, medicine, NHS, photography

14

Today, I am nervous: nervously awaiting the result of my father’s appointment with his vascular consultant. Worst case scenario, they … More

bipolar, books, Charing Cross, depression, flowers, health, illness, journal, London, mental health, mental illness, NaBloPoMo, reading, Waterstones
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