Category: domestic violence
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talks and tears
Beloved, you will see me cry… and for the thousandth time hear me say this: tears are not weakness. and when you see me share parts of my story, it is not being stuck in the past it is removing the grip it will have on my present, should I hold it close to my […]
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Triggered
Dear heart, stop escaping my chest with fear, we are safe. I know you think you hear sounds of the past, that’s why you jump so loud and wake me up from a good sleep… Restful mind, shocked and scared heart… I promise we are alright.
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F e a r
Good exciting things are happening in my life! Alhamdulilah. I work my crocked spine off to achieve my dreams whilst doing something meaningful. I am safe. And yet, I am afraid. I am not afraid of dying.I am afraid of pain. Ironically I live with chronic pain and autoimmune diseases. The pain I fear is […]
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Mental health issues…
I have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder in my late teens… Along with severe depression and suicidal thoughts… I am now a month shy of turning 34 years of age alhamdulillah. Glory be to God. My mental health has improved over the years… I have had lots of therapy and did some heavy inner […]
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Being feeling broken
Being broken isn’t the end of me… I may shake and puke when faced with the enemy but being broken isn’t the end of me… I may break down and forget to breathe… It will take time to patch myself back to life but being scattered around won’t be the end of me… One day […]
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sanity and the opposite of it
Marban ku dhuftay… The line between sanity and insanity was pretty slim… I crossed over one day. I’ve heard of women who walked out of their houses without clothes! These weren’t nudists by choice but by force. They had gone mad. They had lost it! Well, I never thought that I one day would be […]
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Level the hell up, so I may hate you a lil
Ah! I take no pleasure in knowing that you are in a bad place… Damn it! It would have been easier… I Much rather hear that you are well and living your best life! I would love to hear that you have found someone and that you are treating her better… For 2 reasons… One: […]
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time to heal to dream
I have been asked the same question, during a very tough time… “what are you doing? What are you contributing to this world?” as if my mere existence was not a miracle in itself. I did not have an answer to that question as to the one who raised it was none other than the […]
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Thorn, tongue poison
Every time you reminisce on the beautiful roses and the scent of love and warm embrace “the good old days” you forget the thorn roses from their tongue poisonous to your self-worth. Is there any left in you? Do you look in the mirror and see anything valuable looking back at you? They don’t even […]
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