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Hillary Marek

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I still have NO IDEA what I want to be when I grow up. And that’s okay.
While I’m on the journey, I might as well enjoy the experience.
Learn a few things, share my accumulated knowledge nuggets with anyone who wants ‘em (they are delicious btw) and try to stay impassioned, fascinated and excited about all that I encounter along the way.
There's a billion people out there trying to fit into a mold of perceived excellence,
I have no use for facsimiles in my reality.
I surround myself with what is real and tangible and kind, and I am so extraordinarily grateful for the pleasure of such company.

I am the kind of friend who will never judge you and never abandon you.
I might not text you right back or remember your cats birthday,
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	Understanding Mesothelioma 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You're Not Going to Eat That, Are You?: A Guide to Pregnancy Cravings it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daze and Knights: The Truth Behind Vampires and Zombies by Hillary Marek (Goodreads Author), Nicholas Cooper (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	THE TEENAGE GUIDE TO POPULARITY really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	THE SMART ASS GUIDE TO RIDICULOUS QUESTIONS it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ninja Squirrel Learns to Share by Hillary Marek (Goodreads Author), Bret Gyrich (Illustrator) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	WHY IS THIS A HOLIDAY 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	By Hillary Marek - You're not going to eat that. Are you? (2010-02-17) [Paperback] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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I read over 100 CPTSD books so you don't have to. Here's what I learned.

Complex PTSD is not “PTSD with extra trauma.” It is a developmental survival adaptation that forms when prolonged, repeated trauma (usually beginning in childhood) occurs in the context of entrapment, dependency, and no safe attachment figure. The nervous system learns that hypervigilance, dissociation, self-abandonment, and relational enmeshment/avoidance are the only paths to survival.
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“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
― Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

tags: adventure, death, life

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“A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.”
― Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

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“I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.”
― Hunter S. Thompson

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“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
― Ray Bradbury

tags: culture, reading

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“I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You

tags: humour, individuality, science-fiction

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