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August 2021 A few things about me to get you oriented: First and foremost, I am a 32-year-old cisgender female mental health professional living on the eastern shore of the United States. I am bisexual, but only came out a few months ago so am lacking in experience in that area of my life. I’m
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May 2022 As I type this, I lay in bed, the keys stroking slowly under my fingers. I managed a show last night and I put on a smiling face for the people I didn’t want to see me without one. I suppose this has been a “long-time coming” after a text from my best
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October 2021 Most of the time when people think of addictions, they think of drugs, alcohol, gambling, cigarettes, or even sex. Fortunately, I do not count any of these among my vices. But I do struggle with addiction, and, like any serious addiction, the repercussions of my compulsions have led to major consequences. As I
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September 2021 As a serial monogamist, James was considerably one of the shortest relationships in my dating history, at 31-years-old ending at 18-months in July 2020, amid the height of the pandemic. My two previous relationships having lasted four years, James was not the type of relationship I’d become accustomed to, but that doesn’t change
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August 2021 So, last post I mentioned that I was heading to the hospital, terrified and full of dread. I’d made up in my mind and announced to James that if this didn’t work, I was giving up and that I would officially be killing myself. If the hospital couldn’t help me, nothing could. We
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August 2021 When I was 29-years-old, in July 2019, I was in bad a state as I’d ever been. I had just returned from my best friend’s bachelorette party in Key West where my depression seeped into every aspect of the trip. I was fighting with my ex, James, on a daily basis and generally
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