Melissa Steussy

Joined September 2021

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Bio

Author of Let Your Privates Breathe-Breaking the Cycle of Addiction and Family Dysfunction. Available at The Black Hat Press:

https://www.theblackhatpress.com/bookshop/p/let-your-privates-breathe

https://www.instagram.com/melsteussy/

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F U Kids!
F U kids who are entitled and think money just falls from the sky You ask for rides and material things But scoff at an invite to do something that seems “uncool”
By Melissa Steussyabout a year ago in Poets
The Next Morning
I am a Christian too I believe in a God that loves me I believe in forgiveness And I had never carried so much shame until
By Melissa Steussyabout a year ago in Confessions
Cabin Fever
Trying hard to breathe In a stuffy house Where the windows Are frozen Shut I gasp when I look down at my Ghost white and shockingly
By Melissa Steussy2 years ago in Poets
Mundane
I sit with a leg dangled over my Craigslist 15 dollar couch That reeked of cat piss From a college student That probably had more money than I did at 40.
By Melissa Steussy2 years ago in Poets
I Got Hit On in a Small Town Gas Station
Yes, he worked there and was half my age. Here is how it all went down. Me: Hi Him: Hi Me: (Leaving the restroom) Hi Him: (Filling the drink cooler) Hey
By Melissa Steussy2 years ago in Humans
Hey Fellas,
Do you know what gets me hot and breathing heavy? Seeing the stainless steel of my trash bin shiny without streaks. Seems easy enough, right?
By Melissa Steussy2 years ago in Humans
As a Single Mom, Starbucks Saved Me.
Ironically as I write this I am sitting in my local Starbucks. I have recently picked up coffee again after a 5-year hiatus, but here I sit.
By Melissa Steussy2 years ago in Journal
Unhealed Trauma Is at the Root of Our Addictions
Years and years of pain and hurt get shoved down beneath the surface. Parents and grandparents were told not to cry. To toughen up. To not be so weak.
By Melissa Steussy2 years ago in Poets
Who Will Help Us Sit With Our Darkest Feelings and Emotions?
Who can help us sit with our darkest feelings and emotions? We are worthy of love. We deserved to be cared for and nurtured.
By Melissa Steussy2 years ago in Poets
Stop Living in the Past
Stop living in the past. Seriously, the present is where it’s at. Stop obsessing about the future while life is passing you by.
By Melissa Steussy2 years ago in Poets
Social Media Isn't Working
All I am seeing is regurgitated lip-syncing and dances that are getting old. I am glad that Reels and Tik Toks are so popular, but I still don’t see the appeal. I honestly feel super uncomfortable watching them at times.
By Melissa Steussy2 years ago in Journal
25 Things I Can Now Do
1. See myself in the mirror and smile. 2. Greet others with eye contact and a genuine smile. 3. Think about maybe eating in the staff lounge versus alone.
By Melissa Steussy2 years ago in Poets

Melissa Steussy

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F U Kids!

The Next Morning

Cabin Fever

Mundane

I Got Hit On in a Small Town Gas Station

Hey Fellas,

As a Single Mom, Starbucks Saved Me.

Unhealed Trauma Is at the Root of Our Addictions

Who Will Help Us Sit With Our Darkest Feelings and Emotions?

Stop Living in the Past

Social Media Isn't Working

25 Things I Can Now Do

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