There is always a part of my mind that is preparing for the worst, and another part of my mind that believes if I prepare enough for it, the worst won’t happen.
- Kay Redfield Jamison
Choosing to engage with narratives that challenge dominant ideologies is not passive consumption—it is an active reshaping of thought.
- Dr. Jaime Hoerricks
Her eyes began to sparkle with the strange, disconnected zeal that came over her at events which she considered to be tests of faith.
- Stephen King (Carrie)
Whilst autistic people can become depressed and also experience anxiety, this tends to be symptoms of our condition rather than the root cause.
Shamiha Said
Feeling compassion for ourselves in no way releases us from responsibility for our actions. Rather, it releases us from the self-hatred that prevents us from responding to our life with clarity and balance.
- Tara Brach
They bullied, teased, rejected, ostracized, and just left me out of their lives. I pretty much spent my social life watching from the sidelines if I was lucky; and if not lucky, I got a negative, fully exposed social experience. Those were my two default states— invisible or bullied.
- Lisa Morgan
I wish people were more like books. If you realize halfway through a novel that you aren’t enjoying it anymore, you can just stop and find something new to read. Same with films and TV dramas. There is no judgment, no guilt, nobody even needs to know unless you choose to tell them. But with people, you tend to have to see it through to the end, and sadly not everyone gets to live happily ever after.
- Alice Feeney
“That’s how you know you believe something,” he said. “If you wound up dying for it and thought, well, that’s okay.”
Robert Jackson Bennett
NBD Challenge
The November Brain Dump is a challenge I created for myself in 2025 because I’m notoriously bad at documenting things. This will get me to journal either here or in my private journal every day of November. There is no theme. On days when I have nothing to say, I’m tired, or my brain won’t work (common state of mind), I have a random list of prompts to choose from. Enjoy the NBD challenge. It’s no big deal.
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