“Soul Melodies” Fiction. Based on a True Longing.
They seep into the marrow where seeds of love, of longing and deepest sorrow germinate...
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“Forward, Back, Up and Out” Fiction. Based on a True Anxiety.
So I grab the stem and yank that nasty thing. My best strength yields a...
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“Think of you and forgetting you” Fiction. Based on a True Event.
||arrogance, dishonesty, entitlement, Grief, hate, isolation, judgement, lies, manipulation, pain, regret, resentment, sadness, self-loathing
I have been thinking about you and I realized I forgot your name. You hurt...
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Solidify and Strengthen
I want to take a step back, towards my soul and from my body, and...
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Bodily Betrayal
||attachment, control, despair, fear, Gracie-Inspired, mental health, pain, self-loathing, self-pity, shame, worry
You’ve failed your body for nearly two decades, and now she is failing you. You...
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“Relationship with the Pain.” Fiction. Based on a True Tale of Learning to Listen.
||anger, anxiety, Artist-Inspired Journal Entries, control, denial, dependency, despair, doubt, fear, isolation, loneliness, other, pain, self-loathing, self-pity, shame, the past, Transforming, worry
So many thoughts, feelings, and emotions began to rise up, and I was afraid of...
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“She’s Afraid of Losing Herself.” Fiction. Based on a True lack of Self-Regard.
||abandonment, anxiety, arrogance, Artist-Inspired Journal Entries, attachment, control, denial, dependency, fear, loneliness, other, pain, self-loathing, shame, the past, Transforming
The sacrificing of one's own needs is the conditional cost of any relationship, especially a...
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Fear
||Amanda Springob, anxiety, control, depression, despair, dissociation, existential crises, fear, frustration, isolation, loneliness, mental health, mental illness, pain, running away, sadness, self-loathing, self-pity, worry
You are dodging deadlines, the slowest bullets in the world, and somehow still getting hit,...
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Reflections
Once, you looked at yourself in the mirror, and saw only you- someone beautiful, smart,...
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“I Miss Me.” Fiction. Based on a True Loss of Identity.
||anger, anxiety, Artist-Inspired Journal Entries, denial, despair, fear, isolation, loneliness, manipulation, other, pain, regret, rejection, resentment, revenge, sadness, self-loathing, self-pity, shame, the past, Transforming
The more I try opening up to you, the greater the distance grows. You're making...
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