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Published in The Orange Journal

·7 hours ago

Stop Asking People What They Want

Some Have No Clue — “What do you want to do in life?” Honestly, I used to hate that question. Not only hate it, but it also caused me such anxiety I felt doomed to ever accomplish anything in life. Some people struggle with self-esteem. And when we get questions like that, it can remind us we have very low self-esteem. It can…

Self Esteem

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Stop Asking People What They Want
Stop Asking People What They Want
Self Esteem

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Published in ILLUMINATION

·2 days ago

The Power Of Community

Especially When Disaster Strikes — When I was four years old, we fled my birth country because of a civil war. When we came to Sweden, we first lived in a refugee camp, and later on, they sent us to live in a tiny town a few hours away. In this town, we lived together…

Community

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The Power Of Community
The Power Of Community
Community

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Published in The Black Veil

·Mar 19

The Shackles Of Our Minds

Yet when I look around there are no shackles to be found — Doubt has always had its shackles on me Make something out of yourself they say Yet I struggle to feel free How come when I looked around There were no shackles to be found Only empty spaces to eternity bound All there was instead Were a thousand I’s All standing in a…

Dark Poetry

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The Shackles Of Our Minds
The Shackles Of Our Minds
Dark Poetry

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Published in ILLUMINATION

·Mar 17

Stress And Self-Loathing

When our nervous system feels on fire — Feeling emotionally cornered can cause us to act out of character. Many times, the one that corners us is ourselves. We do it because we know nothing else and we do it because that was modelled for us. We live in a society that glamorizes stress and a fast-paced lifestyle…

Healing

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Stress And Self-Loathing
Stress And Self-Loathing
Healing

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Mar 8

The Walls We Hide Behind

Sheltered but confined —

Writing Prompts

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The Walls We Hide Behind
The Walls We Hide Behind
Writing Prompts

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Published in The Shortform

·Mar 6

We Can’t Be The Good Guy In Every Story

That is a recipe for disaster — Through life, I’ve learned that we are strange creatures indeed. We let our insecurities control our lives. If we are chronic people-pleasers, we might have dug ourselves into a deep hole. We want to be the good guy in everyone's story. This is a recipe for disaster and self-rejection. Why? Because everyone knows a different version of us. But if…

Change

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We Can’t Be The Good Guy In Every Story
We Can’t Be The Good Guy In Every Story
Change

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Published in Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Poems

·Feb 26

The Whole Damn World

Poetry Challenge —

Poem

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The Whole Damn World
The Whole Damn World
Poem

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Published in Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Poems

·Feb 7

There Wasn’t a Day

Without Your Touch In Mind —

Poem

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There Wasn’t a Day
There Wasn’t a Day
Poem

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Published in The Black Veil

·Jan 24

A Tale Of A Lost Self

Mourning a self that was never there —

Dark Poetry

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A Tale Of A Lost Self
A Tale Of A Lost Self
Dark Poetry

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Published in The Black Veil

·Jan 17

The Main Theme Of Life Is Death

And the silence it leaves behind —

The Black Veil

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The Main Theme Of Life Is Death
The Main Theme Of Life Is Death
The Black Veil

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