Mental Health
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Seeing myself has become strange recently, and that strangeness keeps me from executing series ideas I was excited for. Ghosts swirl within my chest down to my stomach with each glance at myself — mirrors, cameras, recent selfies next to old ones. Since childhood, I’ve known the waltz between self-love and self-hatred, long strides alternating…
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July, July…how you’ve flown by. This was probably the most life-pivoting July I’ve experienced thus far, new chapter manuscripts piling into my hands. Take a breather with me and look at some currents from July. North Shore Massachusetts I planned the first overnight family trip for July 4th; I didn’t plan on returning the next…
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73% suffer from mental illness. Only 39% would seek help. 51% of that 73% self-medicate with alcohol and/or drugs (54% and 50%, respectively). 19% of that 73% think the industry is trying to create a sustainable climate to succeed. That’s just a group of independent musicians surveyed by Record Union in 2019. The crew numbers…
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Today is day one of my 33rd year around the sun, and it’s a chill one after my early birthday first visit to Salem with my friend a couple days ago. Day five of my six-day birthday staycation/my actual birthday comes to you from Caf Bar’s beautiful big window. A giant chocolate chip cookie treat…
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“Routine”…a foreign word to me. (For someone with a strong need for routine, I suck at keeping one.) Up until the last couple months, routine didn’t exist for me. I spent months in depression rot: wake up whenever, suffer at work in physical pain with a racing mind, zone out until I knocked back out…
