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Category: Mental Health

  • Hit Em’ With the Magic; The Art of Courage

    Hit Em’ With the Magic; The Art of Courage

    Shh, just a moment! Stop, stop, stop! Did you hear that? Listen louder, not more intently; it’s there, in the background, sorting out its indifference to your demands and nonsense, armed with a face mask and body armor in preparation to take the hits you will inevitably sling at it. Do you recognize it anymore?…

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  • Surviving Why

    Surviving Why

         To whom do we owe this existence? A God or Gods? A goddess or goddesses? Millions of years of mutations? A star? Time? A moment, maybe? Perhaps, it’s all as well there is no particular answer to that specific question; to know, sometimes, destroys a question I find much more precious and relevent…

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  • The Three Dirtiest Words

    The Three Dirtiest Words

    Oh, yea — we are about to get real naughty here; there’s so many words to choose from, too, that the possibilities are limitless. Yet we can only choose three so I’m going to need you to stop cursing repeatedly in your head and focus with me. Ready? The adage “you are what you eat,”…

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  • My Mother’s Mutilation

    My Mother’s Mutilation

    I suppose this is a safe place — in my mind, alone, yet not alone as you read the words that are flowing within it. I don’t feel in the spotlight; perhaps, one of my weaker points is speaking about anything with anyone other than myself. For the most part, I speak in direction and…

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  • The Secret to Happiness

    The Secret to Happiness

    Come one, come all! Stare into this crystal ball and it shall reveal the secrets to happiness! Stare deeply, longingly for ten seconds and watch what happens! What did you see? Ahh, yes, that scantily clad Aladdin on his magic carpet heading your way to show you the world…I know, I’m still waiting despite seeing…

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  • Toxic Relationships; the secrets we keep

    Toxic Relationships; the secrets we keep

    There is an adage that “time can heal all wounds,” and in essence, it can to a point. Realistically, we are habitual and will find ourselves cycling repeatedly; this truth, among others, is part of our very human comfort zone and desire to seek out what we know and feel secure in. That means, we…

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  • I Can’t Find Love; What am I doing wrong?

    I Can’t Find Love; What am I doing wrong?

    It’s impossible! No matter what I do, I can’t find love! If it weren’t for my plants not having legs, they’d up and run away on me, too! What am I doing wrong?! Sound familiar? Despite being possibly a bit over-dramatic (my cactus thinks so), it is a question brought up more often than not…

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  • A Beautiful Mess

    A Beautiful Mess

    What is your perfect fantasy? Is it falling in love? Becoming everything you wished to be? Is it being in some land or space at peace? Maybe it’s just a moment, so perfect that nothing else could ever come close to what it gives you. Perhaps, it’s all these things at once. I suppose, realistically,…

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