Tag: processing trauma
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“salvo ii”
last night I made you a promise of a spiral staircase worth walking down a poetically just sort of kick to the chest -your heart nearly stops on a good dayscreaming odd time flutters when you’re distressed well, I’ve got some words that will keep it pounding right from the box I keep locked tight…
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Well, I had therapy yesterday…
this session actually felt productive. I’ve been wondering for a long ass time why I write the way that I do. It feels like I’m possessed much of the time. Once I start on a project, I find it very difficult to stop, and if I’m not working on a project, even if there is…
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Episode YES: Insomnia Strikes Back
Hello, cherished mothers and fuckers. Lazarus here once more with your daily Des Moines Cropduster (context below, thanks, Theo). I thought this prompt looked interesting and I have a few responses for y’all. If you had a freeway billboard, what would it say? Here are my favorite contenders thus far: Ashley Halliwell’s Brainhole, New and…
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On Hooking ‘Em and Cooking ‘Em (Get Your Minds Out Of The Gutter, You Sinners)
Hello, assembled host. Lazarus here once more with more bullshit for your viewing pleasure. The below prompt from the journaling app Day One looks interesting, so I shall answer it in due time, but before I get into the thick of it, have a fucking meme I cooked up last night that is tangentially related…
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The Himbo Who Sauntered To Earth
Well, hello, everyone. This won’t be the typical sort of post you may have gotten used to seeing here on Open Sorcery. First, these are somewhat unprecedented circumstances. A few weeks ago, it was discovered that not every headmate in the system decided to integrate. Most of them did. However, we found out that River…
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Chrysalyzed
Hi, everyone! I’m sorry for going kinda dark for these past couple days. My brain has been kind of tired from this past week, so I have been resting until I felt up to writing again. I went to Emerson and told him about how bad I felt that I hadn’t been writing due to…
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Yay, PTSD Art For The People!
Hey, peeps. This is Allēna. My PTSD is kicking my ass today, but at least y’all get cool art out of it. We appear to be that special kind of creator that gets even more inspiration when our trauma comes back to kick our ass, taking us from decently prolific to FUCKING ON FIRE creatively…