So many things in this article resonate with me. The struggle to talk about my needs let alone ask for help reaching them, the parental grief that tends to hit so hard it knocks the wind out of me, the desire to turn those feelings into something else and the realization that I can't yet... It's good to know I'm not the only one. I hope it feels good to you, too, to know you're not the only one. Thank you for daring to be cringe—I'm so grateful you shared this piece!!
Thank you, Dylan - reading this really made me feel better about nervously publishing this post! 🤍 I'm glad I could help shine a light on something you experience, too, and I'm glad neither of us are alone!
I just fucking love this article so much. Every single little word. Thank you so much for being vulnerable and posting this because I truly think the world needs to hear about what the world looks like when you’re struggling with FORLORN.
The comparison to Oregon Trail genuinely made my jaw drop because wow you’re so right, what a perfect analogy. We want to be every single thing all at once, but we just can’t.
Love you so much as you do what you need to to help your brain right now. And also FUCK THE AMERICAN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM but the points comment was so real.
Woah, this is excellent. Deciding to publish it was absolutely the right choice!
I can relate to your 2008 project dilemma in that I have also felt stuck by not wanting to write something that the people in my life would absolutely know is, as you say, one step away from memoir. I do think time is helpful with that, letting the characters/plot develop while it percolates on the back burner. (Annoying though)
Also, you’ve made me want to play Oregon Trail for the first time. Hard relate to forlorn Jill 😅 harmonicas out for Jill!
So many things in this article resonate with me. The struggle to talk about my needs let alone ask for help reaching them, the parental grief that tends to hit so hard it knocks the wind out of me, the desire to turn those feelings into something else and the realization that I can't yet... It's good to know I'm not the only one. I hope it feels good to you, too, to know you're not the only one. Thank you for daring to be cringe—I'm so grateful you shared this piece!!
Thank you, Dylan - reading this really made me feel better about nervously publishing this post! 🤍 I'm glad I could help shine a light on something you experience, too, and I'm glad neither of us are alone!
I just fucking love this article so much. Every single little word. Thank you so much for being vulnerable and posting this because I truly think the world needs to hear about what the world looks like when you’re struggling with FORLORN.
The comparison to Oregon Trail genuinely made my jaw drop because wow you’re so right, what a perfect analogy. We want to be every single thing all at once, but we just can’t.
Love you so much as you do what you need to to help your brain right now. And also FUCK THE AMERICAN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM but the points comment was so real.
Thank you so much for saying this! 😭 it means a lot. And TRULY fuck the US healthcare system but maybe someday I'll buy a flight to Mexico City.
This resonated deeply. I’d never thought about how Oregon Trail really prepared us kids for the slog/trade-offs of adulthood! 🫠
Woah, this is excellent. Deciding to publish it was absolutely the right choice!
I can relate to your 2008 project dilemma in that I have also felt stuck by not wanting to write something that the people in my life would absolutely know is, as you say, one step away from memoir. I do think time is helpful with that, letting the characters/plot develop while it percolates on the back burner. (Annoying though)
Also, you’ve made me want to play Oregon Trail for the first time. Hard relate to forlorn Jill 😅 harmonicas out for Jill!