Texting Dr. Stalker Quotes

“And so, I stayed on that awful carousel of knowing I needed to grieve, all while being far too stubborn to think I needed to grieve anything.”
― Pepper Winters, Texting Dr. Stalker

“A wise part of myself knew I needed to feel what I was feeling in order to free these blocked emotions inside me. I had to be kind to myself and acknowledge that right now, I was feeling hurt and weak and small, and the sooner I allowed myself to feel it, the sooner I could move on. But the moment I tried to let myself sink into the grief of losing something I couldn’t even name, another wall would shoot up and fortify the barrier I’d already put in place. It came with thoughts like ‘You’re being silly, you’re fine.’ ‘Stop moping, you’re alive.’ ‘Stop feeling sorry for yourself, so many others are worse off.’ And so, I stayed on that awful carousel of knowing I needed to grieve, all while being far too stubborn to think I needed to grieve anything.”
― Pepper Winters, Texting Dr. Stalker

“Ever since that incident, I’d done my utmost to avoid any kind of healing that involved talking, crying, and sympathy because I wasn’t wired that way. My idea of helping was to do something about it, not just sit around and do nothing. Even though doing nothing was exactly what most people with trauma needed. Silence in which to heal. Quiet in which to hide.”
― Pepper Winters, Texting Dr. Stalker

“I had no worries in my own life. Which meant I had plenty of time to give it to other people who might not have as much as I did.”
― Pepper Winters, Texting Dr. Stalker

“The programming that’d been drilled into me to stick to the facts and never give more information than necessary couldn’t override the sudden burning violence in my veins.”
― Pepper Winters, Texting Dr. Stalker

“It was also before my annoyance toward her turned into something else. Something I didn’t want to name and would flatly deny if anyone asked me. Something that had always been there, slowly building as the years passed by, getting harder and harder to ignore, especially on those lonely nights when I spied her through the window.”
― Pepper Winters, Texting Dr. Stalker

“To those green flag heroes who do red flag things… because love makes us all a little crazy.”
― Pepper Winters, Texting Dr. Stalker

“Just…it’s been a long week, that’s all.” “It’s Tuesday.”
― Pepper Winters, Texting Dr. Stalker

“I’d once scarred my eldest sister so badly that I’d been banished from offering a shoulder to cry on. It wasn’t my fault that she’d asked me to try to save her dead hamster, and I’d helpfully announced it was dead and I could perform an autopsy instead.”
― Pepper Winters, Texting Dr. Stalker