This week I have been obsessing over my stuckness. My sense of being in the middle of something with no space to move. I don’t want my past, and I can’t envision my future. But right now feels horrible and I don’t want to be in this place forever. I made a mistake in looking…
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Be the person you need
I read this somewhere. It was probably one of those annoying memes on Facebook. They irritate me because I feel like most of the little quotes are cliched and patronising – especially the ones relating to mental health. But the concept of being what I need interested me. Caring about vs caring for As adults,…
The cops are interviewing my brother today
9 minutes was all it took. Just 540 seconds to go through the awful, damaging things he had done. Less than ten minutes of questioning was OK to them back then. A handful of one word answers were an adequate response to my suffering. Yesterday I spoke to the Detective who is investigating my report of…
Stop ignoring Einstein
I’m caught. Stuck between an infuriating rock and a miserable hard place. After trying repeatedly to get some sort of genuine support from my parents, I am on the verge of giving up. Despite my continued efforts to help them understand my experience, they continue to reject me. Einstein said the definition of insanity was…