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I don't need drugs. My brain is drugs. Maybe it's a side effect of a mother that dropped acid for the first trimester of pregnancy and then some. Maybe it's a side effect of the abusive step father that told me I would never amount to anything and that I am ******** My brain processes things at about a hundred miles per hour. In conversations I am always three steps ahead of what ever was said last. I make connections in things that are unconnected. They tell me this is adult ADHD. They tell me I should be proscribed a pill to help my brain focus. But focus isn't what I want. Nor is the drowsiness that comes with Lorazepam, the fog that goes with Prozac. I have been separately proscribed these things without ever filling the bottles. But I fear that if I fix all my chemical imbalances, my medical maladies, that I will disappear into a fog. Who am I without my OCD, without my brain over processing, over loving, over caring. Without the pain in my chest from another panic, my bouncing off the walls and singing to myself. Maybe I am unwell. But who am I without my unwellness?
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Jul 17, 2015
Jul 17, 2015 at 2:37 AM UTC
Drugs
I don't need drugs. My brain is drugs. Maybe it's a side effect of a mother that dropped acid for the first trimester of pregnancy and then some. Maybe it's a side effect of the abusive step father that told me I would never amount to anything and that I am ******** My brain processes things at about a hundred miles per hour. In conversations I am always three steps ahead of what ever was said last. I make connections in things that are unconnected. They tell me this is adult ADHD. They tell me I should be proscribed a pill to help my brain focus. But focus isn't what I want. Nor is the drowsiness that comes with Lorazepam, the fog that goes with Prozac. I have been separately proscribed these things without ever filling the bottles. But I fear that if I fix all my chemical imbalances, my medical maladies, that I will disappear into a fog. Who am I without my OCD, without my brain over processing, over loving, over caring. Without the pain in my chest from another panic, my bouncing off the walls and singing to myself. Maybe I am unwell. But who am I without my unwellness?
It's 3am and I can't sleep so yanno. Questioning the universe
MelLittle
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Jul 17, 2015
Jul 17, 2015 at 2:37 AM UTC
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