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Tag: truth

Inheritance

You left us nothing but your everything You gave us nothing but your all no bank account, no savings, just … More

death, family, grief, Hijacked Amygdala, life, love, memory, poetry, prosetry, tribute, truth, writing

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

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I am always really surprised when I realise that I’m alive [that I’m alive to begin with / that I’m … More

death, diary, experience, journal, life, madness, mortality, notebook, poetry, truth, writing

Two Thousand and Nineteen

JANUARY NYE was disastrous: a big fight and an unforgivable text message. Boyfriend dumped me. Nights wandering around the city, … More

2019, art, books, breakdown, depression, experience, hospital, life, mental health, mental illness, poetry, psychosis, sectioned, truth, writing

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I poured boiling water onto my hand and felt nothing. I stood naked in a rainstorm and felt everything. I … More

depression, diary, emotional, eupd, feelings, heartbreak, journal, life, love, nostalgia, pain, poetry, sadness, truth, us, writing

She, in September

In all of her dreams you are in trouble. • There is something about being in hospitals that makes her … More

CNF, Hijacked Amygdala, hospital, journal, life, mental health, mental illness, poetry, prosetry, psychosis, reality, sick, truth, writing

On Paper

“You have a great life on paper.” “On paper, everything seemed perfect.” “She’s doing really well, on paper.” “On paper, … More

Brain, delusions, fear, hallucinations, journal, life, mental illness, mind, notebook, power, psychology, psychosis, reality, truth, writing

Hack

Dear Little Boy who was sitting in front of me on the 214 bus yesterday who had his arm wrapped … More

advice, childhood, conversation, experience, kids, learning, letter, life, London, poem, poetry, prosetry, self harm, strangers, truth

Strange(r)

You’ll never be a stranger to me I know you too intimately And yet we sit         … More

experimental, form, FVR, heartbreak, life, love, lust, memory, nostalgia, poem, poetry, romance, sex, truth, writing

The Realest

Here it is: the realest thing I’ve ever written:

art, bipolar, borderline, BPD, collage, creative, depression, diary, eupd, honesty, journal, life, notebook, personality disorder, suicide, truth, writer, writing

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