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"Wow wow wow. Review soon. Need to gather my thoughts and feelings." — Jul 26, 2026 08:27PM
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The way of the samurai is found in death. Samurai were supposed to abandon the concept of a soul, and fear along with it. Only when they lived as if they were already dead could they truly be free to fight—not like humans, but as cold,
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“How can you learn to heal if the past is a place you want to stay in?”
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“Wandering"
What’s the point of wandering?
to find a better place?
a home?
The loneliness will always capture me
in its claws
of no tomorrow”
― Behind the Ghost Metropolis: Contemporary Poetry on Mental Health, Resilience, and Finding Hope
What’s the point of wandering?
to find a better place?
a home?
The loneliness will always capture me
in its claws
of no tomorrow”
― Behind the Ghost Metropolis: Contemporary Poetry on Mental Health, Resilience, and Finding Hope
“one day you will shake your head in disbelief as to how you could have ever confused being treated abusively with love.”
― Out of the Fog: Moving From Confusion to Clarity After Narcissistic Abuse
― Out of the Fog: Moving From Confusion to Clarity After Narcissistic Abuse
“That’s what makes you a narcissist. Even in the middle of hurting other people you’re focused on yourself.”
― Atheists Who Kneel and Pray
― Atheists Who Kneel and Pray
“one of the major results of being on the receiving end of Narcissistic Abuse Syndrome is the development of PTSD”
― Divorcing and Healing from a Narcissist: Emotional and Narcissistic Abuse Recovery. Co-parenting after an Emotionally destructive Marriage and Splitting up with with a toxic ex
― Divorcing and Healing from a Narcissist: Emotional and Narcissistic Abuse Recovery. Co-parenting after an Emotionally destructive Marriage and Splitting up with with a toxic ex
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