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Tag: real life

Notebook Fragments: 2018-2022

Content warnings: Mental illness, suicidality, self-harm, disordered eating, addiction, death, sexual assault. Notebook Fragments: 2018-2022 (after Ocean Vuong) x Obsessively … More

CNF, creative non fiction, diary, grief, journal, memoir, memory, mental health, mental illness, non-fiction, poetry, prose poetry, real life, social media, writer, writers life

(Pro-)/(Retro-)gression

1 I fill the void with three liters of cheap white wine and morph into a monster in a mini … More

addiction, alcohol, alcoholism, CNF, drug, drug abuse, memoir, poem, poems, poetry, prose, prose poetry, prosetry, real life

Diary Entries – 11/52

Monday super sad again today, choosing names for children that I’ll never have. Tuesday thinking about that time we took … More

Daily Diary, diary, grief, journal, memoir, mental illness, notebook, poem, poetry, prose poem, prose poetry, prosetry, real life, writing

High Enough

I am standing on the roof. I am smoking a cigarette. I should be at work but I am too … More

death, depression, dreams, grief, home, London, loss, memoir, mental illness, prose, real life, relationships, short prose, suicidal, suicide

Wild Horses

You mix my medication into a pot of vanilla yoghurt and instruct me on how to eat. Open. Come on. … More

breakdown, CNF, creative non fiction, memoir, mental illness, prose, real life, relationships, short prose, writing

Things The Narrator Does in ‘History of Present Complaint’

– hits a policeman in the face – forgets what humans are – believes she’s a microwave meal – wins … More

book, books, CNF, debut, memoir, mental health, mental illness, narrator, new books, poetry, poets, prose, real life, UK debut, writing

Diary: March

CONTENT WARNING: MENTAL ILLNESS, SELF-HARM, SUICIDE, SUICIDAL IDEATION, DRUGS/ALCOHOL, DISORDERED THINKING I have decided to publish brief excerpts of the … More

2020, blog, coronavirus, covid19, diary, family, journal, memoir, mental health, mental health awareness, mental illness, notebook, personal, real life, writing

Choose Life

Choose life. Choose living below the poverty line straight from birth. Choose tolerating the parents who spawned you against your … More

#PigGate, addiction, alcohol, Broken Britain, death, drugs, family, food, friends, home, housing, life, London, philosophy, real life, truth, writing

One Tenth Of A Memory

The bus pulled up and I looked out of the window and thought, “I’ve been here before.” Well of course … More

autobiographical writing, creative writing, depression, fuckkk, homeless, journeys, life, memories, memory, past, pseudodementia, real life, remembering, short story, teenagers, thinking, writing
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