fear
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when summer comes to an end, it can feel to me like the world is ending, too. I know the other seasons have their beauty and their possibilities. but the earlier sunsets, the days getting shorter and darker: that’s always been a trouble trigger for me. it’s when the fear of relapsing, getting sick and…
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last night I sat cross-legged on the floor of the small Brooklyn apartment where I live with mom and abuela, guitar in my lap, a song in my head I haven’t finished yet. outside, the city hummed its usual lullaby — sirens, wind, someone yelling too far away to understand. inside, just me, chasing chords…
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our group leader uses this cool exercise to help us reflect on and address the fears in our lives. she calls it fear in a hat. in this exercise, each person anonymously writes down a fear on a piece of paper. you’re supposed to begin with the words, the worst thing that could happen would…
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popular vs. invisibleinsiders vs. outsiderswinners vs. losersnormal vs. freak I always felt the kids on the left hated me. they sure acted like they did. a few years later things hit different. I now see that if anything they were afraid. not of me. of themselves. and being like everyone else. this is a new…
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