A Young Woman Who Writes
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Poetry, fiction, journal freewrites, and articles.
Themes: Love, Interpersonal Relationships, Psychology, Sociology, Empowerment, Sex
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Stories (18/0)
Reemergence: Finding My Way Back To The Surface
I’ve always seemed to struggle with feeling like it’s okay for me to make mistakes. I grew up in a household where love and criticism (Click the link below to read about it.) went hand in hand. And while I can appreciate the ways that being receptive to criticism has shaped my ability to be flexible and make changes to my benefit. I never quite understood why it seemed like I was held to a higher standard because of it.
By A Young Woman Who Writes2 years ago in Humans
Maladaptive Daydreaming and Social Isolation
I was never boy crazy. I wasn't even boy-interested, really. In elementary school my friends would sit around at recess talking about their crushes and the conversation would inevitably lead to me. "Who do you like, Breana. Nobody. The answer was always nobody. I wasn't thinking about any of these little knucklehead boys running around. I spent my time writing song, choreographing dances to TLC's "No Scrubs" and Michael Jackson's "Dangerous". I wanted to hit those notes like Destiny's Child singing "Amazing Grace" on The Writing's On The Wall. I hadn't even considered the idea of holding hands on the playground or whatever boyfriends were supposed to be for at that age. "Nobody", though, was never an acceptable answer. Not claiming a crush was always worse because it meant that my friends would spend the next few days picking some random soul to point out. "It's 'Insert Random Male Name Here', isn't it?!" They would ask teasingly, before running to share with him the good news.
By A Young Woman Who Writes2 years ago in Confessions
Stripes: A Ten Year War Against Me 3
When I came up with the idea for Stripes, I wanted it to be cathartic. I’d had so much stress and overwhelm in my life up to that point that I thought if I wrote it all out and published it on a public platform with little or no chance of it really ever being seen, that somehow it might cleanse me.
By A Young Woman Who Writes2 years ago in Confessions
Prioritizing Rest
There’s a difference between the sleep you get so that you can be “well rested” for a future obligation and the sleep you get solely because you are relaxed. The latter seems to melt away all tensions allowing your mind, body, spirit and soul to reconnect with a genuine zest for life. While the former tends to feel like nothing more than a momentary mental escape. One that can can, at times, feel like just another obligation that takes away more energy than it gives
By A Young Woman Who Writes2 years ago in Motivation
Vindemiatrix
This is sickeningly more normal than I anticipated. When a person says, in their rhythmic British accent, “surreptitious meeting of researchers”, you imagine something a bit more ominous. Y’know black cloaks, organ music, aged and worn textbooks bigger than my torso. Maybe I’ve been watching too much television lately.
By A Young Woman Who Writes3 years ago in Fiction
