“Grief is a circular staircase. I have lost you.”
— from “The Five Stages of Grief” by Linda Pastan, in The Five Stages of Grief
i’m not sorry if i come off as insane. i hope i do
FRANK O’HARA
“[JULY IS OVER AND THERE’S VERY LITTLE TRACE]”, Selected Poems by Frank O'Hara (1974);
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symptoms of trauma are proof of abuse. if you’re struggling with anxiety, self doubt, self hate, low confidence, trauma symptoms, flashbacks, nightmares, paranoia, panic and severe emotional injuries, those are proof enough that you’ve been subjected to torture. your feelings aren’t fooling you, they’re consequences of abuse.
No matter how much abuse i suffer it’ll never be enough to convince me it was bad enough.