
Am I Overreacting Or...?
One of the "worsts" finally happened, guys.
The Lived and The Imagined
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One of the "worsts" finally happened, guys.

Earlier today, I asked Favour what I should write about.

Dear D,

We need to unlearn the idea that menstruation is something shameful.

Your mind doesn’t stay in one lane.

They say don’t get attached, but that feels like a lazy instruction given by people who have never had to stand this close, never had to hold something so familiar in their hands and pretend it is nothing, as though feeling can be switched off like a light and not something that seeps into your fingers and settles in your chest.

When I was younger, I wasn’t the “chill one.” I had a temper that was as tall as I was, and it wasn’t good.

The walks we took had no destination.

Today is one of those days that feels completely unhinged, the kind that tests your patience, your body, and your sanity all at once.

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