The pleasures and perils of solitude
Learning to navigate loneliness and find community in adulthood
The gifts of independence can only do so much to counteract the emotional toll of isolation.
Continue reading →The gifts of independence can only do so much to counteract the emotional toll of isolation.
Continue reading →If I’m not actively being affirmed, I am worthless. If I’m not being reassured that I have value, I must have none. There is no safe moment inside my own head except for the ones when somebody else is telling me I did a good job.
Continue reading →The anxiety was no longer coming from something recognizable, from one or even many sources — it came from everywhere.
Continue reading →For the first time in a long time — maybe ever — I actually feel optimistic about getting into shape, and I feel like I have more control over my anxiety, rather than it controlling me.
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