madness

Edgar Allan Poe, from a letter to Mrs. Maria Clemm, July 1849

the actual ending: your younger self is dead. you can never return to that little girl but you will spend your life wishing you could. you killed her to become what you are. why are you crying?

{Words by Anaïs Nin, from The Diary Of Anais Nin, Vol. 4 (1944-1947) / Cynthia Cruz from diagnosis,The glimmering room}

June Jordan, from "Poem For Nana", Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems

– Unknown

Michaela Stark by Raga Muñecas

Katharine Donnelly & Fugen Neziroglu, Overcoming Depersonalization Disorder

Sharon Olds, from "Known to Be Left", Stag’s Leap

when hands touch

glass, irony and good, anne carson // margaret atwood // enough, suzanne buffam // linnea paskow // in conversation: kathleen turner, david marchese // haunted womanhood, heather havrilesky // where to begin, sue zhao // the stream of life, clarice lisepector

— florence welch on her song “dream girl evil”

Etymology~ from Ancient Greek ἀκρασία (akrasía, “lacking command (over oneself)”