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PTSD, Black Youth, Drugs, & The Lack of Empathy
My daughter is 22 years old and she’s been through a lot mentally over the past eight years. She’s lost so many friends to murder on the streets of Chicago that it’s heartbreaking. Some of her classmates from grade and high school. Friends from the various neighborhoods we have lived in. So many lost children…
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How do you feel about cold weather? It’s hell with ice
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The Fat Who Bit People
Once upon a time, there was a woman who was fat. She was real plush and soft. As a result of her plushness, people always wanted to rub on her fat. Eventually, she got tired of people rubbing on her and the fat on her body developed teeth. Sharp, pointy teeth. Vicious teeth and anyone…
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Trauma & Fear – Inevitably Intertwined
I’m coming to realization that I’ve been traumatized since being diagnosed with epilepsy. That I live with fear on daily basis. Let me explain why. Having grand mal seizures is one of the worst things that can happen to a human. You never know when it’s going to happen and when you come out of…
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What are your morning rituals? What does the first hour of your day look like? Dragging myself out of bed, smoking a cigarette and contemplating should I call off from work but realizing that I need money because we live in a capitalist society, I go off to wash my ass.
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What’s something most people don’t understand? Empathy which is the ability to step into someone’s shoes and understand what they’re going through.
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Adventures in Epilepsy Land & Other Shit
So in January, I had another seizure and now I’m on two anti seizure medications. The new one Vimpat is classified as a Schedule 5 narcotic so now I’m a dopefiend☠️☠️☠️. I’m exaggerating but I’m so damn tired, even more tired than I was before. My vision is blurry, my balance is off. In layman…
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A Slave folklore Tale Told to Me by My Grandmother
“One day a slave was walking down the road when he came across a skeleton. He asked himself “I wonder how these old bones got here. The skeleton replied “Mouth put me here and mouth go put you here too!” The slave scurried back to his owner and told him the story and said if…
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You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence? I’m just a little Black girl from the South East Side of Chicago.
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National Epilepsy Month 2022
It’s National Epilepsy Month everyone and I’m rocking purple eyeshadow to honor the millions of people who have this disorder. Personally, I don’t think people take this disability seriously enough because it can’t be seen until a person has a seizure. Which ain’t pretty and complete with convulsions and foaming at the mouth. Just imagine…
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