I can't believe you don't have any comments on this. I wanted to wait to read this until I had enough time to devote to it. I saw the subject and I knew that it would be serious, and I wanted to give it the attention it deserved. This is riveting. You have such courage to share your struggle so candidly, and you did it in a way that didn't read as self-pitying. You could do more in this style. I hope that you are in recovery; I know as much as anyone that these sort of habits and ways of thinking follow one for a very long time ... perhaps a lifetime. But the way you share your insights is astonishingly poetic. One line stuck with me in particular: "Drowning people don’t cling to sinking objects." I hope that you are no longer sinking, and that by sharing this you have found your voice and are swimming free. *hugs*
Thank you for reading. :) It was pretty hard to write--I still feel a bit raw, but I'm glad I wrote it. It's not quite a catharsis, but I imagine it's close.
I'm glad that it (or parts of it) resonate with you. I wrote it mostly for myself--to put into words the situation and the emotions--but I am really glad that other people are finding themselves in my narrative. (Urgh, I feel like that makes it sound like I'm glad people have hurt before, but it's more like I'm glad that something I wrote to bring myself closer to peace is working for other people. Hopefully that makes more sense. Why are words so hard. D: )
It doesn't get more raw than memoir or personal narrative. It takes tremendous guts to be this vulnerable. I know this all too well; this is my 'home' genre, if that makes a lick of sense. I've spent more time writing in this genre than any other. It is never, ever easy. That being said, my hats off to you for tackling such a personal series of experiences
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Um, regarding editing, I think more on the technical side, maybe? I think I'm okay with whatever, and even though I asked for moderate I'm okay with pretty much whatever edit you want to give me! (I just like edits xD)
You give amazing edits and I want to be able to do the same for you. I know I can give you a helpful edit, especially since I'm really comfortable in this genre. I still owe you a finished edit. I have not forgotten about you. I just am so panicked about my deadline coming up for work that I'm having a hard time giving even half of myself to any other task. This piece deserves better than I can give right now. Do you mind waiting until I submit my work next weekend? I'm so sorry to do that to you, but I don't want to half-ass it just to get it done, especially with an entry that is so personal.
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I'm glad that it (or parts of it) resonate with you. I wrote it mostly for myself--to put into words the situation and the emotions--but I am really glad that other people are finding themselves in my narrative. (Urgh, I feel like that makes it sound like I'm glad people have hurt before, but it's more like I'm glad that something I wrote to bring myself closer to peace is working for other people. Hopefully that makes more sense. Why are words so hard. D: )
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Um, regarding editing, I think more on the technical side, maybe? I think I'm okay with whatever, and even though I asked for moderate I'm okay with pretty much whatever edit you want to give me! (I just like edits xD)
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Xoxo, bean.
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