My name is Alex. I write poetry and prose. The main purpose of this website is its blog, where I share things from opinionated essays to poetry. I am still new to poetry, but I am quickly finding my voice, and I cannot wait to share this experience with you.
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I have six mental illnesses. I'm okay. But like any human, I do struggle a lot, and my thoughts need somewhere to go - which is why writing has always been my coping mechanism. I express myself in my journals, my notes app, my unpublished fiction, and now in my blog. I am doing what I've always done but making some of it public.
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I hope that by sharing my life and my thoughts, I can help people; not by being your therapist (I am definitely not qualified) and not by telling you what you should or shouldn't do (I often don't know either). But by writing my feelings in case anyone can relate and, maybe, feel a little less isolated in their struggles. By showing self-love is possible even if you are not proud of who you once were. By showing it's possible to climb out of a pit so deep you were starting to feel a little hot. But inspiring people, to the best of my ability, to use their voice in a world always trying to subdue them, to be themselves in a world always telling them who they should be, and to express their thoughts and emotions in a world always trying to invalidate them.
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I do not have many blog posts published yet, but as more start rolling out, hopefully the main message I'm trying to get across comes through:
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It is okay to struggle, and you and your emotions are valid.