“I have existed for twenty-one years. I didn’t live them all, but from now on I am hoping to.”
― Because We Are Bad: OCD and a Girl Lost in Thought
― Because We Are Bad: OCD and a Girl Lost in Thought
“there is nothing my mother or I can say that will stop her from being my mother, and where she’s run away to is not a physical place, and so I cannot chase her there or convince her to run back to me.”
― No One Gets to Fall Apart: A Memoir – A New York Times Notable Book of Intergenerational Trauma, Race, and Understanding
― No One Gets to Fall Apart: A Memoir – A New York Times Notable Book of Intergenerational Trauma, Race, and Understanding
“I’d love to return my brain to factory settings.”
― Because We Are Bad: OCD and a Girl Lost in Thought
― Because We Are Bad: OCD and a Girl Lost in Thought
“Years of my own experiences with men have taught me they struggle to see women as autonomous creatures with complicated, interesting, rich inner lives. Usually, they see us only in relation to themselves.”
― Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir
― Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir
“Parents can be our greatest allies, they can fiercely love us, but they can also be the cause of our trauma.”
― Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir
― Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir
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