just found out my kid has been hiding self-harm while the school counselor pulls me aside like we’re sharing a cute gossip secret. i mean - what am i supposed to do, put up a missing signs for my parental instincts while making sure the debt collectors don’t mistake my overdue bills for post-its of reminders?
sat here staring at a screen for hours trying to make sense of a project but my brain just keeps going in circles. it is exhausting, exhausting to feel like every email, every call is just a trap to force me back into an office with fluorescent lights and people everywhere when i just want to breathe, breathe without this pressure.
was just looking at my empty kitchen table and remembering the last dinner party i tried to host. everyone canceled last minute, and now it’s like, how can i even reach out to those people without feeling like a total weirdo for even wanting to invite someone over ever again.
was just looking at my empty kitchen table and remembering the last dinner party i tried to host. everyone canceled last minute, and now it’s like, how can i even reach out to those people without feeling like a total weirdo for even wanting to invite someone over ever again.
so the other day i was at this really boring seminar and thought it’d be funny to message my friend a meme about the presenter being a robot, but instead i accidentally sent it to the presenter and i just froze there like a deer in headlights while everyone turned to look at me and i kept replaying it in my mind for days. now every time i see a robot meme i have this deep existential dread about w...