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No One Warns You About the Bear at the Bottom of the Mountain

On 19th Jan 2026 By Absurd RhioIn eating disorder, Grief Journey1 Comment

I climb the mountain. I feel like I’m finally getting somewhere. Then an unforeseen bear appears, mauls me, and eats the very symbol of my progress. It looks like I never climbed at all. There’s no parka to prove it. Only I know I was there.

Thoughts While Sedated

On 6th Jan 2026 By Absurd RhioIn eating disorder, Mental Health Advocacy, mental health awareness, Recovery Updates1 Comment

Being sedated has made mindfulness accidentally achievable. My brain is finally quiet enough to exist without spiralling. It won’t last, and I know that, but for now I’m living inside the stillness — decorating my base, rescuing teddy bears, and letting slowness be enough.

The Absurd Presents Itself In Psychiatric Waiting Rooms

On 2nd Jan 2026 By Absurd RhioIn bipolar, mental health, Recovery Updates1 Comment

In psychiatric waiting rooms, time doesn’t move forward; it pools. Medication becomes another chair, another number called eventually. You wait inside your body while side effects pass like weather. The work is not fixing anything, only staying warm, fed, and alive until the fog lifts. Surviving and creating meaning while you wait.

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