Zaid Ismail
@zaidie@zaidismail.com
Author, life coach, and mental health activist. We need to change the narrative from disorders, illnesses, and survival to accountability, understanding, and thriving.
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Please hear what I am not saying…
Don’t be fooled by me. Don’t be fooled by the face I wear for I wear a mask, a thousand masks, masks that I’m afraid to take off, and none of them is me. Pretending is an art that’s second nature with me, but don’t be fooled, for God’s sake don’t be fooled. I give…
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I wear masks, and create elaborate façades hoping that no one will see through them, but keep praying that someone will. Cynically Jaded
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What lies ahead
I realised that what I wanted was based on exaggerated hopes So now I existOnly because there is still purpose in me being hereMy own purpose has expiredMy desires negatedMy expectations extinguishedBut I have no right to take my lifeBecause others have rights over meSo dutifully, I must submit to their expectationsBut I resolve to subdue…
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Gratitude is not simply a state of mind, but rather a state of being Cynically Jaded
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When your will power triumphs over your innate nature, expect to be diseased. Cynically Jaded
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Where…
Feels like I’ve lost my way in life. The certainty of purpose and conviction that I always relied upon when faced with uncertainty has faded. I look around me and see no reason to be a part of anything or anyone’s lives. I’m the sore thumb, the square peg for the round hole, the ugly…