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Published in Genius in a Bottle

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When to Stop Using Distractions as a Coping Mechanism

“The only thing to fear is fear itself” — Franklin D. Roosevelt — Distracting myself has been one of my best coping mechanisms when it comes to fighting an anxious thought or an upcoming anxiety attack. Watch Netflix, bake bread, go for a run. It cleared the way to deal with my issues one by one. To slowly work on the things that…

Anxiety

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When to Stop Using Distractions as a Coping Mechanism
When to Stop Using Distractions as a Coping Mechanism
Anxiety

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Sep 2, 2022

You’re Afraid to Get Hurt, Not Afraid to Commit

Why are we so bad at explaining how we feel? — We probably all know someone whose dating life is less stable than a game of Jenga. Did they also try to justify their singleness by saying they are afraid to ‘lose their freedom’? Maybe they won’t be using those exact words, but not being able to date someone for longer…

Relationships

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You’re Afraid to Get Hurt, Not Afraid to Commit
You’re Afraid to Get Hurt, Not Afraid to Commit
Relationships

5 min read


Jan 25, 2022

Not Every Thought About Death Is a Suicidal Thought

What are the consequences of using the term ‘suicidality’ in maintaining the taboo around thoughts of death? — Last year, the Dutch Trimbos Institute published a report on mental health among students: a quarter of all respondents had the occasional or more frequent wish ‘to be dead or ‘to go to sleep and never wake up’, four weeks prior to the survey. The results are said to be…

Suicide

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Not Every Thought About Death Is a Suicidal Thought
Not Every Thought About Death Is a Suicidal Thought
Suicide

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Aug 1, 2021

SSRIs & Oestrogen — Happiness Hormones for the Menstruating

In a research article from 1961, 386 convicted women were interviewed and it was shown that 49% of them committed their crime during menstruation or in the days preceding it, whereas only 29% of all crimes would be expected to take place in this period. How reasonable is the presence…

Menstruation

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SSRIs & Oestrogen — Happiness Hormones for the Menstruating
SSRIs & Oestrogen — Happiness Hormones for the Menstruating
Menstruation

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Published in Genius in a Bottle

·Jun 29, 2021

Spellbound

Prose poem — The buyers of the house removed the mustard yellow curtains and the carpet on the stairs. We were going to take those off someday. The previous owners could be reselling the house as if we had never lived there. We s̶a̶v̶e̶d̶ wasted effort. We replaced the upstairs doors with wooden…

Poetry

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Spellbound
Spellbound
Poetry

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Published in Genius in a Bottle

·May 21, 2021

I Am Disappointed in My Childhood — And That’s OK

I am allowed to feel unhappy with the way things turned out — I am disappointed. And I am allowed to feel disappointed. I am allowed to feel unhappy with the way things turned out. I am allowed to wish it had gone another way. These are the thoughts that have been going through my mind for the past few days. Ever since…

Disappointment

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I Am Disappointed in My Childhood — And That’s OK
I Am Disappointed in My Childhood — And That’s OK
Disappointment

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Published in Genius in a Bottle

·Apr 21, 2021

Fighting My Fear of Failure

To fail is to grow — A friend of mine once described her fear of failure as spot on. She would rarely go over her essay, paper, or any other assignment one last time so that she could blame a possible low grade on her lack of effort. I failed to recognize my own behavior at…

Fear

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Fighting My Fear of Failure
Fighting My Fear of Failure
Fear

5 min read


Feb 17, 2021

Move me

A poem —

Poery

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Move me
Move me
Poery

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Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash

Move me

A poem

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Published in Blue Insights

·Feb 9, 2021

We Break

A Poem —

Poetry

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We Break
We Break
Poetry

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Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash

We Break

A Poem

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Published in Genius in a Bottle

·Jan 3, 2021

This Is Why I Love Listening to the Radio

Humanity in its simplest shape — I love listening to the radio, probably because my mother used to do it a lot. It provides some sort of extra dimension to the living room. It is also a perfect pastime. Listening is one of the easiest things to do, as opposed to reading a book, for example…

Radio

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This Is Why I Love Listening to the Radio
This Is Why I Love Listening to the Radio
Radio

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Emma Kemp

Emma Kemp

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Writing about mental health, personal development & relationships. Love cats & birds. thisisablog.org

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