Exposing Inner Demons – An Uncut Example Of Writing Therapy

Exposing Inner Demons – An Uncut Example Of Writing Therapy

I don’t know why, but I feel the need to write something down. And then to share it. So I guess you my dear reader are invited to take a journey into the stream of consciousness that is this piece…

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Uncomfortably Numb: I Need Medication But It Doesn’t Work

Uncomfortably Numb: I Need Medication But It Doesn’t Work

I’m not well. I feel fundamentally flawed. Like this world expects more of me than I can give. That in order to fit in and survive, I need to change myself, to alter the very thing that makes me, me.

Medication…

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Why Mental Illness Makes Dating Almost Impossible

Why Mental Illness Makes Dating Almost Impossible

How soon should you disclose your mental illness?

This question is something I tackle every time I’m entering into a new relationship. Share your truth too soon and you scare people off. Attempt to mask and you inevitably watch it crumble. Either way, you risk being left alone…

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The Oppenheimer Effect: Multiple Universes and the Power to Destroy Ourselves

The Oppenheimer Effect: Multiple Universes and the Power to Destroy Ourselves

Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds. - J. Robert Oppenheimer

There is a theory of alternate realities that posits that whenever a decision is made, two universes split off and start divergent timelines. In one universe you chose left, and in the other you chose right kind of deal. If you consider this from a singular point of view, accounting for all the decisions you make in just one day, the number of universes you are creating is astronomical. When you multiply that number by all the decisions everyone is making simultaneously, as well as their downstream consequences, the number of possible universes being created according to this theory is basically infinite.

So, what does this have to do with Oppenheimer?

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