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Hypnagogia
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So this was the start of it. And already I was anxious for the end. I flinched again. How was that possible? Flinching at my own thoughts in my own head. I didn’t want them to go, I just� didn’t want to engage with this situation myself. I
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As someone with social anxiety and a constant flow of negative self talk running through my head often? This is too relatable.


“It gives me strength to have somebody to fight for; I can never fight for myself, but, for others, I can kill.”
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― The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls

“When Adam kissed him, it was every mile per hour Ronan had ever gone over the speed limit. It was every window-down, goose-bumps-on-skin, teeth-chattering-cold night drive. It was Adam’s ribs under Ronan’s hands and Adam’s mouth on his mouth, again and again and again. It was stubble on his lips and Ronan having to stop, to get his breath, to restart his heart. They were both hungry animals, but Adam had been starving for far longer.”
― The Raven King
― The Raven King

“It is so hard to leave—until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.”
― Paper Towns
― Paper Towns

“What people never understand is that depression isn't about the outside; it's about the inside. Something inside me is wrong. Sure, there are things in my life that make me feel alone, but nothing makes me feel more isolated and terrified than my own voice in my head.”
― My Heart and Other Black Holes
― My Heart and Other Black Holes

“They feared the ideas in the books. Burning the books was a way to express how terrified they were of anyone who didn’t think the same way they did.”
― Revenant-X
― Revenant-X

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