Life
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Hope Without Expectations
Suggestions from a wanna be nonconformist As odd as I am… As strange as I’ve shown up in spaces… And as abnormal as I’ve been – the society I’m surrounded by has still been able to instill in me the desire to be like everyone else around me. I understand…
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Being A Low-Energy Person In A Fast-Paced World
(Get Me Out Of Here) As I’m trying to mend the broken pieces of myself together, I still have a hunger, better yet a yearning, for the energy that other people possess. I can’t tell if I was built this way (as in, if I just by default have low-energy)…
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How To Enamor A Baddie~
When You’re On A Low-Budget Do you have a special somebody? Is this special somebody worth more than you can afford right now? Well, here’s a quick fix to that (while you save some money to buy her an actual cute and thoughtful gift): The good news is that you…
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Having A Mental Illness Is Like Having A Full-Time Job
I may not be working or studying right now and I was going to be extremely harsh and mean to myself today about it… but then I remembered something someone once told me years ago while I was crying to her on the phone… She said, “Nancy, having a mental…
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My Relationship with Emotions
It’s been a hot mess, y’all! Today I saw my DBT therapist and I explained that I’ve been tracking my mood in the tracker she gave me. I showed her the sheet and we both recognized that I’ve been feeling manic-y. So instead of teaching me about Distress Tolerance like…
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I COULDN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE!
So I said what everyone was thinking… I did something very impulsive and inconsiderate… but to be frank, not as inconsiderate as what someone else was doing. I won’t explain who this person was so let’s just call him “Ben”. So, some brief background on the problem was that “Ben”…
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Out of the Dark!
And it feels good! But a little bit too good… Yesterday, my DBT therapist gave me a daily mood tracker that is a tool to keep her and myself informed about my mood symptoms. At the end of each day, I’m supposed to record my mood and related factors. And…
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It’s Tuesday
A Poem About My Day Cozy but getting myself on my feetThe taste and smell of fresh coffee With donuts! Two not one Seeing an episode for the first time And actually liking itApplying my makeup with precision Gotta have them perfectly drawn on eyebrows…Am I right?Being driven somewhere I’ll…
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Babe, you ok?
You’ve barely touched your untapped potential Dude, I am like, reaaaally struggling today. I feel moody, grouchy, angry, sad… you name it. And I keep reminiscing and missing the days when I was a kid and telling myself, “It’s ok. I’ll figure it out eventually”. Well, guess what? I sincerely…
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What used to be the ultimate experience
…is now extinct in my life There are many things I miss and this is definitely one of them. I don’t know how old you are or how much you remember about the early 2000s but before things like YouTube, YouTube Music, Apple Music, Pandora, Spotify, and Soundcloud… Before all…
Foolishly Happy 