Self awareness
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Why are we here?
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Trigger Warning – Abuse of any kind. Please do not read if you have experienced abuse, unless in a safe place to be able to do so. This is written to educate those who might not know the difference, if you have experienced abuse, you know this already. I think I was 14 when I…
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I thought to myself today I am loving my life. I am living my life. Even on a wet sleety, snowy day in the North East of England. Then I realised. If I am living my life now… Whose life was I living before? When I lived according to what expectations were placed upon me……
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If yesterday I wrote about my own joinery from self loathing and denial to becoming more self referential, respectful and also giving space to trust my feelings. Today I’ve pondered the question – what happened to me, so that I had no ‘faith’ in myself? What happened to the extent to which there was no…
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Men… Can you remember when your voice broke? What did that feel like? How old were you? I remember that I didnt want to talk for a few weeks or months because I was so self conscious about how it would sound, I also hated that it was noticed by everyone, so I stayed quiet.…
James Ballantyne 