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Tag: depression

the rose who bloomed

i look down at my feet and i see you. i see my legs crossed all the time. deflecting off … More

anxiety, blog, depression, emotion, feelings, ideas, literature, philosophy, psychology

Scientists detect evidence of parallel universe where time runs backwards

The concept of a parallel universe has been around since the early 1960s, mostly in the minds of fans of … More

blog, conscience, depression, emotion, empathy, feelings, ideas, parallel universe, psychology, thoughts, time

Next Stop:

the first stop is bumpy. no matter what species we/you are. we picked all of this: our names, parents, kids, … More

apathy, blog, choices, death, depression, emotion, fear, feelings, ideas, light, literature, nature, poetry, psychology, self discovery, thoughts, vibrations, wind

dolla dolla billz, y’all

money is overrated. dollar bills are overrated. when they say the best things in life are free, they’re being quite … More

advice, blog, choices, depression, emotion, feelings, health, heaven, nature, philosophy, poetry, psychology, self discovery, stoicism, subjectivity, therapy, thoughts, transcendentalism, vibration

Red Riders Riding

what do you want? i do not have such things. if I were a you, I wouldn’t want that. what … More

blog, consciousness, depression, emotion, feelings, ideas, literature, nature, philosophy, poetry, psychology, self discovery, social, stoicism, subjectivity, therapy

I Am Angry & Arrogant

It has always felt natural for me to point fingers. I excelled at it. It made me feel better about … More

advice, anxiety, blog, confidence, death, depression, dread, emotion, fear, feelings, ideas, literature, nature, philosophy, poems, poetry, psychology, self discovery, therapy, thoughts, transcendentalism

The Screaming Eagle

I visited you when I was younger. They said you stood the tallest. I didn’t believe them, but as I, … More

anxiety, dark, depression, dread, existentialism, fear, feelings, literature, nihilism, philosophy, poems, poetry, psychology, stoicism, therapy, transcendentalism

The Serpent Without a Heart

I once met a serpent without a heart. She was quite the spectacle. Layer upon layer, I scathed away. Her … More

anxiety, blog, dark, depression, disease, distance, dread, emotion, existentialism, fear, feelings, grief, ideas, literature, masks, nature, nihilism, philosophy, poems, poetry, psychology, serpent, short story, snake, snakes, sorrow, therapy, thoughts, transcendentalism

syaS elcarO ehT

the most we can want is forever, the least we can get is now. but how do I judge what’s … More

anxiety, dark, depression, dread, existentialism, fear, feelings, literature, philosophy, poems, poetry, psychology, religion, transcendentalism

the Roundabout

the altar and the seventh circle ignite the same story within us. who am I to uphold this truth? I … More

anxiety, dark, depression, dread, existentialism, fear, feelings, literature, nihilism, philosophy, poems, poetry, psychology, short story, stoicism, therapy, transcendentalism

stagnancy

when I roll down the window or stroll through the park significant clutter which mind, and which part the only … More

anxiety, dark, depression, dread, emotion, existentialism, fear, feelings, literature, philosophy, poems, poetry, psychology, therapy, transcendentalism

the creature unbroken

the only way to see the only way to feel the only way to breathe the only way way to … More

anxiety, death, depression, emotion, feelings, flyhigh, grief, heaven, literature, philosophy, poems, poetry, religion, sorrow, stoicism, therapy, transcendentalism

the masked maskman’s mask

floating around for a human with a soul, with intention to match my own my vanilla is melting, upside down, … More

anxiety, dark, death, depression, dread, emotion, existentialism, fear, feelings, grief, literature, nihilism, philosophy, poems, poetry, psychology, religion, short story, social anxiety, sorrow, stoicism, subjectivity, therapy, transcendentalism

the SLUMBER

keep me here, my subconscious says this feeling you’re feeling is better than walking around in the skin you own … More

anxiety, dark, depression, dread, existentialism, fear, feelings, literature, philosophy, poems, poetry, psychology, religion, short story, stoicism, subjectivity, therapy, transcendentalism

perennial blunder

i feel like I’m in a cafeteria eyes jumping, i can’t find my seat they’re all looking at me i … More

anxiety, cafateria, confidence, dark, depression, dread, existentialism, fear, feelings, literature, lunchroom, philosophy, poems, poetry, psychology, social anxiety, therapy, transcendentalism

Stay Here With Me, Please

It’s easy to leave the ground — or at least want to leave the ground. The ground is where our … More

anxiety, confidence, depression, emotion, feelings, philosophy, psychology, therapy, transcendentalism

Swelly

I yearn speaking in code sometimes; being so literal comes with costs. It demolishes opportunities, if you let it. Mindfulness … More

anxiety, blog, dark, depression, dread, emotion, existentialism, fear, feelings, literature, philosophy, poems, poetry, psychology, sorrow, transcendentalism

Together

How is one supposed to feel when they’ve lost someone they’ve never met? Someone who, years later, would’ve been the … More

anxiety, blog, dark, death, depression, emotion, feelings, flyhigh, grief, health, heaven, ideas, literature, philosophy, poems, poetry, psychology, sorrow, therapy, thoughts, transcendentalism, wind

Mr. Doubtwater

The whispers stopped; as did my elevated heartbeat. I had tricked myself; to where it always felt ‘right.’ Conjuring up … More

advice, anxiety, dark, depression, emotion, feelings, ideas, literature, philosophy, poems, poetry, psychology, science, self discovery, therapy, thoughts, transcendentalism

A Man’s Best Friend

The sight is the night. For the light is not right. I’ve told you before and I’ll tell you again. … More

anxiety, blog, dark, depression, emotion, feelings, grief, literature, nature, philosophy, poems, poetry, religion, self discovery

The selfish duckling

Splash… He said, He never did. He never did anything. Apathy ran his life. He was the duck that never … More

anxiety, apathy, blog, dark, depression, dread, emotion, fear, feelings, ideas, literature, poems, poetry, social anxiety, sorrow, thoughts

Christian

Where were you? I’ve searched everywhere Your awareness is bleak As is my despair Your calling was fate My understanding … More

anxiety, dark, depression, emotion, grief, literature, poems, poetry, psychology, sorrow
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