Kaman
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Kaman
learning to name what i feel. it’s strange how much energy goes into avoiding clarity. for years, every feeling in me was labeled “stress.” but stress was just a blanket; underneath were dozens of smaller truths: worry, guilt, resentment, fatigue, longing. when you name things precisely, you give them edges. they stop leaking into everything else. i started saying to myself: this is sadness. this is irritation. this is fear pretending to be control. and suddenly, the feeling would shrink to its real size. so much mental noise is just emotion waiting to be recognized.
You don’t have to keep proving you’re a good person by staying in bad situations. Choosing yourself doesn’t make you selfish. It makes you sane.
sometimes, disappearing is a form of self respect
You don’t have to keep proving you’re a good person by staying in bad situations. Choosing yourself doesn’t make you selfish. It makes you sane.
The hunger to be everything was only ever a longing to be loved.
Somewhere along the way, you began to believe that living meant becoming exceptional; being seen; being chosen. That it meant consuming everything the world offers.
amber. • the hunger to be everything.
Somewhere along the way, you began to believe that living meant becoming exceptional; being seen; being chosen. That it meant consuming everything the world offers.
We do not just suffer from an abundance of options, we suffer from a lack of commitment
amber. • the hunger to be everything.
We do not just suffer from an abundance of options, we suffer from a lack of commitment
This slow bleeding of meaning. A daily flirtation with who I am not, what I don’t have, and what I haven’t done. Somewhere along the way, I stopped asking what I wanted and started asking what would look impressive. And what society worships shifts so quickly, that mentality becomes unstable when worth is measured by trends
amber. • the hunger to be everything.
This slow bleeding of meaning. A daily flirtation with who I am not, what I don’t have, and what I haven’t done. Somewhere along the way, I stopped asking what I wanted and started asking what would look impressive. And what society worships shifts so quickly, that mentality becomes unstable when worth is measured by trends
Judith Butler
Judith Butler