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The Farce Report

“Out of all the times I’ve seen you, this is the best I’ve felt.” — me “That’s great. You are making progress.” — my psychiatrist Poor […]

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anger, anxiety, childhood, counseling, depression, doubt, freaking out, getting out of bed, getting over my past, living below my potential, mental illness, psychiatrist, sadness, struggles, stuck, uncertainty

Sex with a Stranger

Eyes open. I am naked in a bed next to a man who is naked. Heavy, pounding pain with the pace and purpose of a fetal

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choices, counseling, getting over my past, guilt, memories, mistakes, promiscuity, shame, small self, stuck

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Birthday Blues

It’s my mother’s birthday on Friday. I never considered her birthday to be a trigger for my childhood trauma, but alas it is. When I say

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counseling, feelings, forgiveness, grief and loss, guilt, inner child, living a better story, mental illness, regret, relationships, resentment, sadness, self loathing, self talk, self-doubt, stability, struggles, stuck, surrender, survival, tomorrow, transformation, transparency, Uncategorized, uncertainty

tulip, leaf, flower

Sunrise

My Instagram feed told me that Michelle Obama just turned 57. Some may say she’s at the peak of her life. Her beauty, inside and out,

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aging, ah-ha moments, anxiety, authenticity, change, decisions, depression, dolphins, dreams, getting out of bed, getting over my past, inner child, inner critic, life, loving myself today, mental illness, mistakes, moments, moving forward, passing of time, struggles, stuck, success, worrying, writing

holzfigur, stones, life struggle

Three Decades of Beliefs

You are an older version of your childhood. Your mistakes follow you. The places you want to get away from is where you will always end

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beliefs, childhood, identity, life, stuck