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fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

How Reframing My Anxiety Made Me Less Anxious

Early family unpredictability and emotional abuse produced chronic anxiety, self-shrinking survival behavior, and a restless, hummingbird-like nervous energy alongside a longing for independence.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Shamiso by Brian Chikwava review a globe-trotting coming-of-age story

A stone carving of Nyami Nyami, the River God, the spirit snake. My first instinct was fear that one day I would break it. It looked fragile, a needle of stone with Nyami Nyami's serpentine body coiled up and gathered at the top, where instead of a snake's head, a fierce fish's head sprung out bearing sharp teeth. It was surprisingly heavy.
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