Forwarded from pathétique
“Now everything I’d achieved in my first twenty-one years of life—connections I’d forged, status I’d earned, talent I’d nurtured, possessions I’d acquired, and traits I’d developed—were at the mercy of a death wish that negated it all.”
— from ‘Notes of a Crocodile’ by Qiu Miaojin
— from ‘Notes of a Crocodile’ by Qiu Miaojin
Why are my menstrual cramps so excruciatingly painful that it feels like someone is stabbing me and I scream bloody murder?