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It's Monday and I Have Thoughts
It's Monday and I have thoughts and I didn't plan this piece. It'll probably read a little erratic but this is how the inside of brain is.
Jun 22
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Daragh
Notes to Protect
'You've abandoned your genetic instinct to protect,' they said, forgetting that we make these stories up in our heads.
Jun 15
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Daragh
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Egoalposts
The goalposts may move, they may always move, but my level of fulfilment shouldn’t be led by the ego.
Jun 7
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Daragh
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Exhausting Yourself
The tendency to keep tabs on so called friends is exhausting, because it suggests a lack of trust or sincerity, and no tolerance for error.
Jun 1
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Daragh
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Introspective Alexithymia
A poetic essay I wrote many moons ago about alexithymia, which is a condition whereby a person cannot understand or identify their own emotions.
May 26
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Daragh
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Introspective Alexithymia
A poetic essay I wrote many moons ago about alexithymia, which is a condition whereby a person cannot understand or identify their own emotions.
May 26
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Daragh
Keeping Faith
Have you ever had to pull yourself from bed, from wreckage.
Jan 19
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Daragh
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An Essay on Essys
Like you, my relationship with essays started in school.
Nov 27, 2025
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Daragh
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mental health
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It's Monday and I Have Thoughts
It's Monday and I have thoughts and I didn't plan this piece. It'll probably read a little erratic but this is how the inside of brain is.
Jun 22
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Daragh
Egoalposts
The goalposts may move, they may always move, but my level of fulfilment shouldn’t be led by the ego.
Jun 7
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Daragh
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Introspective Alexithymia
A poetic essay I wrote many moons ago about alexithymia, which is a condition whereby a person cannot understand or identify their own emotions.
May 26
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Daragh
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Am I Sure This is the One?
Waiting on an email. Always waiting on email. That’s what it’s come down to. That’ll be life or death. That’ll be I can pay rent or I can’t.
May 12
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Daragh
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Somewhere on the Internet
Somewhere on the internet a strange post appears on a blog that's usually about mental health.
May 4
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Daragh
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New System Who Dis?
Change is in the air. Is it time for a new system? One that serves all rather than serving a few at the cost of the many?
Apr 20
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Daragh
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A Series of Contradictions
This is a space where I blog beyond mental health, about current affairs, life, and everything else. The mental health blog Thoughts Too big will always be free.
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