Friday, August 29, 2014

What happened when my old trainer left (a two-part narrative from late last December)

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I have worked with a personal trainer for very nearly three years. I met him because I joined a local gym that offers two free sessions with...

"about me" challenge: 29 non-sequiturs (compiled in March)

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1. I have a mild cognitive speech impediment. There is nothing physically wrong with my mouth or throat, but there is sometimes a hiccup bet...

bad night (written in February)

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I've been doing pretty well for a while now. I have bouts of depression, bouts of hypomania, nothing that can't be managed with some...
Thursday, August 28, 2014

On being beautiful, but also lumpy (written in March)

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When I was a freshman in high school, one of the projects in my biology class had to do with "ideal body weight." We took measur...
Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Things my self-worth is wrapped up in, however irrational, in no particular order

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I can know, rationally, all day long that these are not really what makes up someone's worth (what does, after all?), but it doesn't...
Thursday, August 7, 2014

the flaw in my defenses

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It seems, upon deep introspection, that a great many of my behaviors (and even traits) reflect an intrinsic level of vigilance and self-defe...
Friday, July 20, 2012

"What's your secret?"

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Prior to this year, I'd never lost more than 10 pounds in a go.  There were several attempts-- some earnest, some half-witted-- but b...