I was just texting with a friend and as I switched my heart emoji from 💙 to 🧡 I realized something…. My whole life I’ve been doing what ChatGPT does. (Stay with me I’m going somewhere.) To avoid getting in trouble (in an environment with a parent with unpredictable anger), I learned to study microContinue reading “Living an Ai Life: On ADHD Masking”
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It’s MY Story to Tell
To the people who say, “That was a long time ago. You should be over that by now,” instead of judging, be grateful that you either have the internal resolve to bounce back or that you haven’t experienced trauma on a level so deep that you’re still impacted by it decades later. I continue toContinue reading “It’s MY Story to Tell”
Retelling My Birth Story
You have a right to be alive. Do you feel that? Honestly? No. I don’t belong here. From birth I’ve been messing up. I nearly killed my mother coming here. I should’ve never…. Well, I’m here now. So … I guess I’ll make the most of it. It’s funny how the stories you’ve been toldContinue reading “Retelling My Birth Story”
What Did You Do RIGHT?
Do you remember those infomercials for that countertop cooking appliance where they would say, “set it and forget it?”