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Oh, the arrogance of my youth! So much energy and resources that I wasted on the wrong things and the wrong people. But what could I have done? It was also the only way to learn and the only way to become. I did not have the guidance of parents who fully understood what adulting was. They only repeated what they saw from their own parents. I was pretty much left to my own devices, simply expected to take on the breadwinner mantle as old age crept on them, and the cost of livi
Marichit Garcia
Oct 252 min read


Ghost
I thought I was whole but it was only a mask. I thought I was complete but all I had was a shell. I thought I was living but I was asleep the whole time. I thought my life was real. I thought I was real. Then I broke. And I woke. And life is a nightmare that would never quite commit itself, Pulling back just when it was right over the edge, And the abyss grins like an invitation. Love, it turns out, is optional. Not a given, Like batteries they are not included but you can't
Marichit Garcia
Oct 181 min read


Blogging as Therapy
This is why and how I plan to blog from now on. I will write for myself, for my mental health, and for anyone who needs to read what I...

Marichit Garcia
Jan 16, 20242 min read


One step forward
And about three steps back on this recovery road. My sister has the perfect example from her own life challenges: before she can get to...

Marichit Garcia
Sep 4, 20231 min read