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Lessons from La La Land: Letting people let you go is hard

December 2, 2020

I have packaged you up, as you were to me then, and wrapped you up in a parcel for me to take out when I please. It sounds obsessive, possessive – but it’s nothing to do with you at all, really. It isn’t really you whom I cling to and always have to hand; all … More Lessons from La La Land: Letting people let you go is hard

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When the world moves on

November 14, 2020

cn: the past, change Recently I have been thinking a lot about change and letting go and moving on, and how one goes about knowing exactly when and how to do it. I find it all so difficult – I think (hope) we all do, that when it feels like we’re clawing to catch up … More When the world moves on

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Moments of Madness, and Writing to Heal

September 17, 2020

cn: mental illness Mental illness is not a single breaking point, a sudden meltdown that pounces out of the blue. In reality, there are months or years of accumulated stresses and fractures, grinding you down from the inside out. The myth of the cataclysmic nervous breakdown is easier to understand, and provides for a more … More Moments of Madness, and Writing to Heal

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What happens when you don’t die

June 14, 2020

Cn: suicide, depression, anxiety, hospital, therapy, suicide ideation A little while ago now, I didn’t die, and a lot of things have happened since then. I hope this piece can offer hope for those feeling bad, and an opportunity to empathise for those who don’t. I’m so scared that writing this could romanticise, so I … More What happens when you don’t die

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