childhood trauma – Robert Hiraeth

I am my own antagonist

Our reader “C” has responded to the latest prompt: “Imagine your life as a work of fiction. Describe the antagonist, and how you would prevail against them.” Here is their response: When I look at my life, I keep trying to pin my struggles or conflicts on someone else, but I’m not sure it’s fairContinue reading “I am my own antagonist”

To love is to lose control

Here is Emily’s response to the prompt: “Can you live a fulfilling life without being “in love”? What does that even mean? And is love something we have any control over?” I am writing this while my cat Yennefer is lying sleepily next to me in bed. Her eyes squint at me as she purrsContinue reading “To love is to lose control”

Empathy prompt response

Here is Emily’s response to the latest prompt: “Can you truly understand someone whose suffering you’ve never experienced, or is empathy always a kind of fiction?” Empathy is defined as “the ability to understand and share the feelings of another” and it’s worth distinguishing this from sympathy, which is simply feeling pity or sorrow forContinue reading “Empathy prompt response”