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Tag: suicidal

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

City Triptych

1. Thursday night in the city / 10pm-ish I think / I’m busy / doing nothing / watching / the … More

books, city, depression, drunk, LDN, London, mental health, mental illness, monologue, observation, poem, poetry, suicidal, suicide, writing

Another Time at Camden Lock

It’s a strange feeling, this, to be left alone in the middle of a crowd, to be abandoned by people … More

Camden Town, depression, drunk, lies, London, love, poem, poetry, relationships, suicidal, writer, writing

070321

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

Self Portrait (2014)

Lately I haven’t been able to find the right words for “all of this” so I’ve been turning to visual … More

art, creative, depression, destruction, mental health, mental illness, self, self portrait, suicidal

Report

I read the report. It was even worse than I’d imagined. Full of untruths. Peppered with irrelevant information, things that … More

depression, healthcare, hospital, life, mental health, mental illness, NHS, reality, suicidal, trauma, treatment, truth, writing

Box of Frogs

Sometimes I catch myself doing something normal like reading the newspaper and so I’m concentrating on the newspaper but not … More

free writing, fucked, life, madness, mental health, normal, prosetry, short prose, suicidal, writing

Argentina

You know when you’re on the bus and you’re coming back from the supermarket (because, after 4 attempts, you finally … More

anxiety, bipolar, borderline, BPD, eupd, fear, fuckup, help, journey, life, madness, mental health, paranoia, poetry, prose, suicidal, unstable, writing

Pages

Too lethargic and anxious to type out all the nonsense I’ve been writing lately, so posting my recent handwritten journal entries instead:

addiction, anxiety, bipolar, borderline, BPD, depression, diary, handwriting, journal, recovery, suicidal, writing

Johnny Panic

I am not in a good place at the moment. Have I ever truly been in a good place? I … More

addiction, alcoholism, anxiety, behaviour, bipolar, borderline, death, depression, diary, emotions, feelings, life, panic disorder, personality disorder, self harm, suicidal, writing

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