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are you my mother? i liked that chapter about his in our twenties we don’t know who we belong to or who belongs to us

“i chose to love this time for once with all my intelligence “ — not taking someone back who hurt me, not refusing to ask a logical (although intimate) question when intimacy has been reached

the chapter waiting by the phone made me feel so comforted. we may all miss someone in our life who doesn’t miss us, we may all let the thought of them absorb us, but there comes a comment where we have to make a decision to help ourselves through it even if that decision comes after unhelpful decisions (calling them, driving to their house, searching them up on social media and spiraling). it takes time and effort

i’m so sad for the girl with the evil brother

it’s august and i’m thinking of you as i read these pages but also of me. what drew me to you, what i learned from you, what i want, what i dream, and what i can gain from leaving you in the past as my life where you wish to stay

“so many tortuous runs in this life. don’t let a man who doesn’t love you be one of them” sighhhh brand new day and ms sugar are on my list… of things i gots to discuss in therapy because i am in fact tortured by it

i was keeping up with every email and then i started reading late at night and here we are. i started therapy again and this book feels like a hug. she talked about some dark stuff, also she wrote about sexual fantasies and se wrote a graduation speech (hours i wish i could rewrite mine) and she talked about religion and it all resonated so beautifully. i wish it was always that easy to find a silver lining in all

i personally think my heartbreak has made me a very annoying friend and have wondered how my friends who have endured heartbroken me for years must feel about it all.. this never ending cycle from someone that should probably know better? ik they’re tired and they always mean well and i value them for that. i also fear i am quick to cut people off
sex! it’s on everyone’s mind!!!

i had a bundle on my head and even though it took years i am alright and happy to have discovered other people’s touch and affection (for the most part)
insecurity is a branch of too much self importance and it is hard to stat but you have to
sugar gives much better advice than i ever would because i still refuse to talk to my dad lmao