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Happy Birthday to me
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Also happy Delco Day In the year since my 51st birthday, I faced my learning disabilities head-on and settled into existence as a 4.0 college student. In the same breath, I lost my job of 6 years, became an orphan, and a homeowner all in the same breath. I started using a dating app…
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COMM 100 : Lyric Analysis
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Betty Hutton kisses her first husband, Ted Briskin, 1949. Public domain image cropped from original photo via Wikimedia Commons. He’s a Demon. He’s a Devil. He’s a Doll Written by Don Raye and Harold Spina | Performed by Betty Hutton In 1950, American actress and singer Better Hutton performed He’s a Demon. He’s a…
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So Disorganized.
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Regarding the Stories and Language we have for Love and Attachment. I am tired of being ruled by pressures, insecurities, fears, and the long, self-imposed limitations created by the neglect and abuse of my childhood. Likewise, I no longer wish to rely on self-isolation as a form of protection. I’ve processed, embodied, and healed…
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All By My Lonesome.
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Considering self-soothing, attachment, and transformation. Part 1 : Bears. Can I tell you a story? It’s about a very young, very shy little girl who felt alone, unloved, and often unsafe. A little girl who, rather than seeking reassurance from her family, learned to tolerate those troubled feelings by sucking her thumb and desperately…
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ENG 100 Paper 3 : Minding the Gap
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An Open Letter to The American Psychiatric Association’s Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders Work Group. Figure 1. Page 290 from Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-5, showing the criteria for “Unspecified Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorder.” Included under fair use for academic analysis. Dear APA Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders Work Group, This communication is…
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When I Grow Up…
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Reconsidering a Life Misunderstood & Misremembered. Over the past few years, I’ve found several small caches of report cards my mother squirreled away in various boxes, drawers, and under the eaves in the attic. A few are missing, but together these documents form a chronological record spanning my entire academic career, from nursery school…