Tag: mental-health
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Why No Divorce?!
Why No Divorce?! “You’ve been separated for nine years?! Is there a reason you don’t want to get divorced?” Shit. The reasons I was separated for nine years without seeking divorce can be summed up in some of the things my ex said to me both while we were together and while we were in…
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Reaction to Polley Book
Reaction to Polley Book Thursday, January 4, 2024 Preamble After working really hard for years to recover from a concussion, I was feeling hopeless and seriously depressed. When Sarah Polley wrote her book Run Towards the Danger, people started suggesting that I read it. I read it right around the time that two doctors had…
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Interrobang: On Suicidal Ideation
On Suicidal Ideation December 31, 2023 This is normal… This can happen with repeat concussions… This is nothing to worry about… This is just your life now… You’re fine, everything is fine… I reassured myself as I pulled into the garage. I sat for a few minutes, breathing deeply in an attempt to slow the…
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My Truman Show Part I
i. Titty Troubles November 2020 Bad mammogram. One of the scariest phrases I know. My maternal grandmother, who I look like so much it’s uncanny, had breast cancer. I have always assumed that because we are so alike genetically, it is a foregone conclusion that I will get it one day.I’d had a follow up…
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Why Interrobang?!
Why Interrobang?! An interrobang is this punctuation mark: ?! Interro for question, bang because in the old timey days an exclamation point was called a bang. I loved the word the second I heard it, because it is the perfect blend of huh? and WHAT! I feel that word in my soul. Interrobang is an…
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Interrobang Poem – ?!
Interrobang Poem Cognitive dissonancewith a twist?And a spike!Or is it a dagger?! Twisting around in the folds of my brain,the spike is vodka, or is it tequila…Clarity.Dissonant clarity.Dagger twists and slashes open the foldswhich I have fought so hard to keep shuttered. Victorian shuttersconceal the madwoman in the attic.They fly open from time to time;flames…
Interrobang Me Hard, Baby 