#anna borges

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[medica-pseudoacademica]

Take how we react to suicides in the news, especially of celebrities or public figures. The outpour of shock and devastation is always palpable. We had no idea they were struggling, if only someone had stepped in, you never know what someone is dealing with. There are calls to action: Reach out to someone, get help, call this number. For a few days, we flood Twitter with reminders that no one is immune to suicide, not even celebrities whose lives seem perfect to us.

This is true; no one is immune. At the same time, the sense of alarm and urgency in these sentiments gives the impression that suicidality is solely standing on the brink, inches from death, waiting desperately for someone to notice and intervene. And that’s how it is for some people.

But for me, and I suspect for countless others like me, the threat of suicide isn’t like being carried over a waterfall - it is like living in the ocean. Not as sea creatures do, native and equipped with feathery gills to dissolve oxygen for my bloodstream, but alone, with an expanse of water at all sides. Some days are unremarkable, floating under clear skies and smooth waters; other days are tumultuous storms you don’t know you’ll survive, but you’re always, always in the ocean.

And when you live in the ocean, treading to stay afloat, you eventually get the feeling that one day, inevitably, there will be nowhere for you to go but down.

- Anna Borges, “I am not always very attached to being alive” in The Outline (April 2, 2019) (link)

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My friend illustrated a book!

Sorry this is not Fruits Basket related. And yes this is shameless advertising. It’s really good and I just want to spread word of it. It’s an ebook on amazon.

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Humorous Charts and Graphs Show What Being an Introvert Is All About

Humorous Charts and Graphs Show What Being an Introvert Is All About

For those of us that are extroverted, the world of introverts feels pretty foreign.  This is partially because we don’t feel the same way that they do, and partially because it is often hard to understand the difference.  Well, it just got a little easier with this great charts and graphs that – while hilarious – are very honest to help the world understand the complex but important world that…

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Humorous Charts and Graphs Show What Being an Introvert Is All About