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Posted by alwayswondering  
This is a wonderful post by Riverbird that I want to remember.

[quote name='Riverbird' date='09 March 2013 - 11:35 PM' timestamp='1362893715' post='1813815']
I'm lovable! :)/>/>

I've recently reached the place where I can honestly and genuinely say that, or anything good about myself. It's...
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Stand Up

07 January 2013
Posted by alwayswondering  
I wonder how I ever trusted any men, and how I kept trying. I guess I was so desperate, and brushed off the assaults as "not that bad" or that "I deserved it." I do not deserve to be tackled from behind and throw into a fence or hit. That is physical abuse. Why did I not see it that way? Why did I take that? It makes me really...
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Nightmares

22 November 2012
Posted by alwayswondering  
Recurring nightmares:

- Travelling with my family and getting lost
- Getting lost in my grandparents' old house; sometimes the house is haunted
- Not knowing the routine before a high school dance routine
- Forgetting to go to softball practice until halfway through the season
- Forgetting to go to history, chemistry, and math until halfway...
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Stop Spiralling

21 October 2012
Posted by alwayswondering  
There is no need to make such a big deal of this.

For one thing, it's her issue, not mine.

There is no need to feel ashamed.

This does not mean she doesn't like me anymore.

I have done nothing wrong.

I should not feel embarrassed.

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I am not going to make such a big deal of this.

It's her issue,...
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I'm So Tired

02 April 2012
Posted by alwayswondering  
I'm so tired of saying yes to people all the time. To smiling at what they're saying to me. I'm sick of feeling guilty, of feeling obligated, of feeling like if I don't do something for someone, that someone won't like me. Why do I care? Why does everyone have to like me? I'm sick of it. And I'm going to stop spending...
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