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Saturday, 22 August 2015

It's Not Impossible

Some days, you just aren’t normal. You aren’t capable of reacting to things in the way that you are learning that you should. It isn’t a case of not wanting to, but of your brain being hard-wired in a way that you know isn’t quite right, but being unable to fight the thoughts that surface during those times. It’s having thoughts, and thoughts becoming feelings and feelings becoming actions. Things that spiral out of control and keep you locked up in your own mind: irrationally, stupidly, and...
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Tuesday, 4 August 2015

Small Things

(Small stones can appear much larger based on the lens they are viewed from.) ** Knock off the tears. ** Stop crying. ** Why are you over-reacting? ** What's the issue? ** Stop being so dramatic. ** It's not that big a deal! It seems innocent enough to say one of the above phrases, and most of the time I'm sure that nobody would think twice about using one or all of them - especially if the person standing in front of you was reacting in a way that seemed ridiculous in comparison to the...
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