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  1. Lee

    Heavy Do you like to write? I tried a poem…who knows if it’s any good.

    If you’re hurting, say it. Say it messy. Say it without knowing what comes next. We don’t need the right words. We just need real ones. Sit with me. I’ll sit with you. We can swear. We can be silent. We can admit we’re scared of our own heads. I’m still here. Some days that’s everything I’ve...
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    Heavy Just cause I’m smiling doesn’t mean I’m okay.

    I’m not okay. I smile, I laugh, I should be ok. It doesn’t matter how much counselling I have, how many times I practice the coping methods, how many times I tell myself I am lucky, how often I take stock and evaluate. I always come back to the beginning, I am broken. My brain won’t allow...
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    Feeling Unsafe Alternatives to Self-Harm: Things Some People Use When the Urge Hits

    If you’re here because urges come and go, you’re not alone in that. For many people, the urge isn’t about wanting to die — it’s about needing the feeling to stop, or needing something to cut through numbness. Different things help different people. What works once might not work next time...
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    Feeling Unsafe Some things people often get wrong about self-harm and suicidal thoughts

    This is one of those topics people lower their voice for. Or avoid entirely. Usually not because they don’t care, but because they’re scared of saying the wrong thing. That silence creates a lot of misunderstanding. Self-harm and suicidal thoughts aren’t rare. They’re just hidden. And because...
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    Overwhelmed 7 Signs You’re Experiencing Decision Fatigue (Not Indecisiveness)

    Decision fatigue is rarely talked about directly. Most people assume they’re bad at making choices, lazy, or overthinking. In reality, many are dealing with mental overload that makes decisions feel heavier than they should. Decision fatigue isn’t about ability. It’s about capacity. Here are...
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    Overwhelmed 9 Ways Task Paralysis Is Different From Procrastination (And Why That Matters)

    Procrastination gets talked about a lot. Task paralysis doesn’t. They’re often treated as the same thing, but many people who say they’re “procrastinating” are actually dealing with something else entirely. Task paralysis looks similar on the surface, but it comes from a different place — and...
  7. Lee

    Dealing with the loss of my Grandma

    I miss my grandma more than I know what to do with. It didn’t hit me at the funeral. I thought I was coping. I got through it, spoke to people, did what you’re meant to do. Then weeks later it just slammed into me out of nowhere. Like my body realised before my head did. Since then it’s been...
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    Emotional Flatness 11 Little-Known Signs of Functional Freeze (And Why It’s Often Missed)

    Most people have heard of fight or flight. Fewer people know about freeze — and almost no one talks about what happens when freeze doesn’t look dramatic. Functional freeze is a term some people use to describe a state where you’re still functioning on the outside, but internally feel stuck...
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    ❕Trigger Warning Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

    PTSD can develop after experiencing or witnessing something deeply distressing. Not everyone who goes through trauma develops PTSD, and not everyone with PTSD experienced the same kind of event. There isn’t one type of trauma that “counts”. PTSD is often associated with flashbacks or...
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    Anxious Social Anxiety Disorder

    Social anxiety disorder isn’t about being shy or disliking people. It’s about fear around being seen, judged, or evaluated by others, often to an intense degree. People with social anxiety usually know their fears aren’t logical. That doesn’t stop the anxiety from showing up anyway. It can...
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    Anxious Panic Disorder

    Panic disorder is linked to panic attacks, but it’s more than just having one or two. It’s the fear of them happening again, and the way that fear starts to shape everyday life. A panic attack can come on suddenly. Heart racing. Breathing feeling wrong. Dizziness. A sense that something...
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    Anxious Generalised anxiety disorder

    Generalised anxiety disorder, often shortened to GAD, is about ongoing anxiety rather than occasional worry. Most people worry sometimes. With GAD, the worrying doesn’t really switch off. It isn’t always tied to one specific thing. In fact, that’s often what confuses people. You can feel...
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    Feeling Low What is Depression?

    Depression isn’t just feeling sad. Most people know that part already. What’s harder to explain is how it can change everything quietly, without there being a clear moment where it starts. For some people it’s low mood. For others it’s more like nothing much at all. Things don’t land. Good or...
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    Emotional Flatness Why do I feel empty even when life looks fine?

    From the outside, things might look okay. You’re functioning. You’re doing what you’re supposed to do. Maybe you even have things going for you that other people would want. Yet still, there’s this empty feeling underneath it all. That can be hard to admit, even to yourself. When life...
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    Tired Why do I feel tired all the time even when I sleep?

    You might be getting to bed. You might be sleeping through the night. And still, you wake up feeling like you haven’t really rested. That kind of tiredness is frustrating because sleep is supposed to fix it. When it doesn’t, you start wondering what you’re doing wrong. Often, this sort of...
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    Numb Why do I feel emotionally numb?

    I don’t always feel sad. I don’t always feel anxious either. Mostly, I just don’t feel much of anything. Things happen and I know how I should react, but the feeling doesn’t really show up. Good things pass by without much impact. Bad things land, but only lightly. Like there’s a gap between...
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    Overthinking Why do I overthink everything?

    Overthinking can feel exhausting. Your mind won’t slow down. One thought turns into ten. You replay conversations, imagine outcomes, pick things apart long after the moment has passed. Sometimes you don’t even notice you’re doing it until you’re already stuck in it. It often starts as trying...
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    Anxious Why do I feel anxious for no clear reason?

    Sometimes, the anxiety just....shows up. Nothing bad is happening. There’s no obvious threat. You’re not in danger. And yet your body feels tense, your thoughts won’t settle, and you can’t quite relax. That can be frightening on its own. When there’s no clear reason, anxiety feels harder to...
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    Feeling Low Why do I feel low for no clear reason?

    I don’t always know why I feel low. Nothing obvious has happened. There isn’t a big problem I can point at. Life hasn’t fallen apart. And yet, something doesn’t feel right. That’s usually the hardest part. When there’s no clear reason, you start questioning yourself instead. You tell yourself...
  20. Lee

    I’m Lee

    Nothing special. 37 years old. For 2 more months anyway.
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