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Stress and happiness

July 24, 2019 by Anne Atkins

Today

Apologies for lack of post till now. 

Yesterday

Bee arrives early for tea in the garden.

Brought friends to my play.

Laughed a lot.

Told me how to rewrite it.

Enjoyed barbecue in the garden all evening and way into the night.

Stayed the night

Was up before seven this morning when I went for my swim. (Because she hadn’t yet been to sleep. Because she hadn’t taken drugs.)

Is still here.

We are about to have tonight’s barbecue. Gone ten pm

And I have too much to do...

(Far too much. Too much stress. At times like this I wonder if I could begin to imagine what it feels like to be Bee...)

July 24, 2019 /Anne Atkins
Living with mental illness
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