Tag: recovered memories
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A Piece of prose about living with ptsd in your early 20’s: “I’ve Never Been to Iceland”
Context Hey guys! Bit of a depressing prose I wrote last night but I wanted to share (trigger warning for mention of sexual assault). For a really long time I’ve wondered how to capture what life with PTSD is like, more specifically, how it feels to navigate in your 20s. Spoiler alert: it’s kind of…
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Always Almost: A Poem On Hypervigilance
“Always Almost”, a poem I wrote recently about how I feel since developing PTSD. One thing I’ve experienced is an uptick in anxiety over all after 2020. It’s like now I’m always waiting for the next catastrophe to happen, to the point that I have these fears based in nothing that can deeply impact my…
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A Splash of Self
“A Splash of Self” circa September 2020 I remember that moment quite well actually, I think down to the register I was at. It’s weird how much has changed in the last three years. It was also quite strange reading this back and knowing the things I do now, because today I was holding that…
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Bird Bites: A Candid Exhibition of Transference with childhood trauma
Bird Bites: A Candid Exhibition of Transference with Childhood Trauma The *real* video starts around the 2:35 minute mark. I know this is choppy and awkward, but it also felt like a really important moment to share just because it perfectly captures some of the conversations I’ve had in therapy over the past few years…
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Meet Dr. Sizer
Excerpts from the film: Meet Dr.Sizer A quick clip from the film introducing Dr. Sizer, my former psychologist. Really love this segment, along with the soundtrack which I’ll list below. Audio still needs some fine tuning, but bear with me!
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Run & Hide: A Poem on Depersonalization
The Poem Explained Run & Hide! is a poem about depersonalization I wrote back in 2020. “The box” is the verbiage I used to describe the ‘hidden’ trauma in my head, because that’s exactly what it felt like. I knew it was there, I knew the things attached to it, but I didn’t know fully…
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June is PTSD Awareness month
Did you know June is PTSD Awareness month? Swipe to learn a little bit more about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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