Mental health
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What I Did Instead of Bloguary
I only heard of Bloguary halfway through the month and never did write an entry to participate. Sorry to anyone who is disappointed by that, I have so many painful regrets myself! Maybe next year I’ll get it together. Maybe I’ll try to use the prompts throughout the year and…
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Limping Towards the 2023 Finish Line
The Full Beaver Moon is a funny named lunar phase and last night it was impressive to behold for this vaguely witchy millenial mom. I didn’t go outside nor take any pics, it was a cloudy night with our first serious New York snowfall. But I sat in my dark…
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Cleanup
If I haven’t been online much it’s because I am still so very busy cleaning my apartment, from the fire that destroyed my neighbors home. The fire was contained but smoke entered every apartment and left an ash residue that coated every inch of the building. It’s been about a…
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An Apartment of Smoke and Fire
There was a fire in my apartment building, the neighbors below me burned their kitchen and so the entire building was filled with smoke. I ignored the sweet scent at first, it was a summer evening, I had the windowns open and sometimes smell things people on the street below…
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Facing Unpleasant Consequences
My ID has been expired for five years, most people are chill and just let it slide, if they even notice when I rarely have to show it. It’s not expensive to get (non driver ID) but it isn’t an important priority to me for some reason. I’ve still used…
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Tragic Jock NPC in Animal Crossing
Trigger warning, I am writing about the topic body image, weight loss and fitness, also bullying. The video game Animal Crossing New Horizons that I’ve been playing for about 6 months did not come with such a warning! It’s a cute dollhouse kind of game where your neighbors in the…
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Video Game Advancements
I’ve heard people claim playing Animal Crossing eases their anxiety but on my island the cute villagers are making eating disorder pacts and trying to ruin my life. I am not really upset about it, I’ve struggled for almost 30 years with poor body image, restrictive eating/weight loss obsession including…
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Doomsday
Things seem to be getting worse. My mood is kinda suffering. For some reason the methane gas bubbles trapped in permafrost are on my mind. I heard that’s very dangerous to be released into Earth’s air, and the ice is melting more each day. If you are experiencing higher than…