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katiwashere.bsky.social
My posts are mainly about my struggles regarding an abusive relationship. Just… fair warning.
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I have been so alone in my circumstances, and the few I trust to help me do not know how. Still, last night I fell asleep without hesitation, and only now do I wake up with my fears. I didn’t have to double check the locks, and I won’t fear opening my bedroom door to go to the restroom just now.

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99.4% of new drugs approved by the FDA are the product of NIH funded research. Remember this every time you see another headline on the NIH funding cuts. It will directly impact YOU. #ScienceNOTSilence

submitted 13 hours ago • 89 comments

This is what I sent to my ex and to another friend of mine one day because I thought it was adorable and amusing. I’d never conceptualized Mickey Mouse’s ears as a hat for the character himself! 😆 He freaked out at me, accused me of mocking him when I’d tried to share a moment of simple fun.

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A sudden desire for currently Arctic lands is probably the closest we’ll get to an admission that climate change is real (and to some people, exploitable)

submitted 19 hours ago • 1 comment

Something strange that was said to me yesterday during the medical portion of my visit, “I’m surprised you’re not in more pain.” No, you just don’t understand train. Your training about pain is misleading because it focuses on presentation and pain in acute situations among people who do not have

submitted 20 hours ago • 3 comments

The power of on-screen representation 😻🐈‍⬛

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Yesterday afternoon I went to see a professional about my circumstances, and she was a very good listener. However, being a professional of the type she is, I was not expecting her to say to me that she thinks my ex is “one of the serial killers of Chicago.” I’m sure he has the capacity to kill

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