Psychologists call it "free-floating" anxiety. What contradictory words. Anxiety doesn't free-float. It stalks. It attacks. It lands on you with a thud.
The infinity of this vacancy, the pervasive pain, the longing for some spirit, some lightness, some joy - that's all that is left. - Martha Manning
The infinity of this vacancy, the pervasive pain, the longing for some spirit, some lightness, some joy - that's all that is left.
- Martha Manning
The body remembers what your mind forgets. - Martha Manning
The body remembers what your mind forgets.
In these flashes of insight, I understand for a moment that one of the great dividends of darkness is an increased sensitivity to the light. - Martha Manning
In these flashes of insight, I understand for a moment that one of the great dividends of darkness is an increased sensitivity to the light.
In the psychological literature, depression is often seen as a defense against sadness. But I'll take sadness any day. There is no contest. Sadness c… - Martha Manning
In the psychological literature, depression is often seen as a defense against sadness. But I'll take sadness any day. There is no contest. Sadness c…
The bottom line is that my life has already almost slipped away from me. I have two choices: I can end it or I can fight like hell to save it. - Martha Manning
The bottom line is that my life has already almost slipped away from me. I have two choices: I can end it or I can fight like hell to save it.
People say, "I have heart disease," not "I am heart disease." Somehow the presumption of a person's individuality is not compromised by those diagnos… - Martha Manning
People say, "I have heart disease," not "I am heart disease." Somehow the presumption of a person's individuality is not compromised by those diagnos…
It's enough just to speak when spoken to, to give some minimal reaction to a stimulus. But to actually be the stimulus doesn't even occur to me. - Martha Manning
It's enough just to speak when spoken to, to give some minimal reaction to a stimulus. But to actually be the stimulus doesn't even occur to me.
I always feel bad laughing at people who act crazy. But sometimes the things they do are so damned funny. I wonder what I'd look like if I slipped a … - Martha Manning
I always feel bad laughing at people who act crazy. But sometimes the things they do are so damned funny. I wonder what I'd look like if I slipped a …
If only I had known a year ago what I'd be facing now. Until last year I lived with the innocent arrogance that my life was a simple product of effor… - Martha Manning
If only I had known a year ago what I'd be facing now. Until last year I lived with the innocent arrogance that my life was a simple product of effor…
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