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a space for youth writing on mental health & identity
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a space for youth writing on mental health & identity
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TW: mental health & self-harm “My hair was kept so short, combed flat when wet. I never knew my hair was wavy until I was nearly twenty-two and never went outside with wet and uncombed hair until I was twenty-eight.” -Kazim Ali, “Home” Trigger warning for panic attacks. all i know is the pressure of the monstrous mountain as it crushes my chest, grinding against my lungs, chipping away at the air in my throat until all i can feel is debris, sinking into my skin, TW: death and grief, obsessive-compulsive disorder Sometime during my sophomore year of high school, in the middle of one of our increasingly frequent fights, my mom said, “I lost my mother to fear; I won’t lose you too.” My father took it a step further. “Think about Grandma Mary,” he said. Then, “And look what happened to Grandma Barb.” |
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