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Blog Post 2: Born in the U.S.A.

  TW: Talk of Mental Illness     To Whom It May Concern:   Pain (noun) : a.  a localized or generalized unpleasant bodily sensation or complex of sensations that causes mild to severe physical discomfort and emotional distress and typically results from bodily disorder (such as injury or disease)   B. mental or emotional distress or suffering   So I started a new job on Monday. It’s a beautiful hotel, with a very friendly and supportive staff, and for the most part, the people are… good. I think “good” is really all I can ask for right now, because I’m very much in mental pain. Pain is not an easy thing to talk about because when you say you’re in pain, people tend to view you differently. It’s not speculation to say that, it’s merely factual, because I’ve seen it happen, and it’s happened to me. I tend to be cheerfully nihilistic about the pain I’m in, because it helps me forget whatever it is I’m struggling with at that moment. Joking about my pain s...

Blog Post 1: Introduction, Theme, and Variation

TW//: Mention of Suicide, Drug and Alcohol Use, all names within the blog are changed for safety and complete anonymity.     To whom it may concern:   If you’re reading this, that means I’ve found the balls to start a blog. Everybody has thought about starting one at some point in their life, but it was a push from my mother that got me to start writing, and digging back into the unbothered depths of my brain that houses the many suppressed memories that have nestled themselves quite comfortably into my ever-changing, eternally evolving personality. So, by the end of this first meandering, meaningless run-on sentence, you’re probably asking yourself, “what’s the goal here?” The goal is simple: to find enough events from my life to form a fairly decent blog, decent being the key word. There’s another problem, though. If you’re reading this, and you have just stumbled onto my blog, you probably have no earthly idea who I even am! Well, then, I believe an introduction is in ...