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Nothing There

I think that I have writer’s block. I can not order my thoughts, nor find the words to express them. Sentences come – and then go – before I’ve time to pen them down; and the conclusion of any chain of...

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Over-reacting

I have just lost another follower on twitter. This is confirmation that everyone hates me. On a different day, I probably wouldn’t notice; but today, there’s only one thing going round my mind, and...

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When I’m Grown Up –

Last week, I was asked what I wanted to be when I was older. This question makes me upset. With ongoing job dissatisfaction and a permanent juggle between a profession I have fallen into; a blog which...

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Sabotaging My Self

You know the alarm that kicks in when you’re about to do something stupid? The little sensor that is tripped when you step into a danger zone and are about to do something you’ll probably regret. Mine...

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On Rejection

There was something going around twitter last week about rejection. I can’t get it out of my mind. It has struck a sensitive chord that I am almost too scared to write about; and, because the chord is...

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Possession

I thought that I had reached my limit and exposed all the deep, dark secrets of my eating disorder. That I had probed every sensitive area, and subjected each to my ridiculously exaggerated...

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Things I Like About Being Me

Yesterday, I stumbled across a link on twitter to an article listing “30 Things I Love About Myself”, and was immediately struck by the concept. Listing things we love about ourselves is not something...

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Not The Skinny One

I am a sibling. One (the eldest) of three. This blog is not about my siblings (who are, by the way, totally wonderful and I love them to bits); but I think it might be about a younger me’s reaction to...

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The Illness or Identity Debate

A recent post title from one of my favourite blogs has been tugging on my thoughts this week, and I have realised that I need to unpick my reaction, though I’m a little scared of what I might find. The...

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Where I’ve *Really* Been Going Wrong

A while ago, I wrote about my “am I still the same?” question. There is another old favourite whining around in my head at the moment. It’s the “are you angry with me?” one. I feel like a squeaky...

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