2016-03-14 15:03
Nosy Nora says that anger is messy and loud. I don't like messy. I don't like loud. And I certainly don't like anger. Growing up, I rarely saw my Mom express her anger. My Dad yelled. H… Read More
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A blog about depression, anxiety, eating disorders, addiction, infertility, and surviving.
2016-03-02 14:50
somewhere in my childhood, i was taught that i was not first. i wasn't entitled to be first. wasn't worthy. was not deserving. someone taught me that i don't matter as much as ever… Read More
2016-02-29 03:17
TRIGGER WARNING:This post discusses purging. For the last 4 months I have been struggling with a really difficult relapse. And just when I think I have a handle on it, something happens… Read More
2016-01-26 18:19
It has been quite awhile since I have written anything on my blog. I have been on a leave from work and just trying to stay afloat and get through life. To sort through stressors, anxiety, a… Read More
2015-11-21 21:05
I woke up this morning thinking about Tyson. I never think about Tyson. I've never talked about Tyson. Oddly. Because the impact of him has stayed with me for the last 23… Read More
2015-11-17 03:21
Note: this post was hard to write. It may very well be hard to read. I like to say that Nosy Nora's favourite word is "suggest" ... I would like to suggest that you think… Read More
2015-11-15 02:07
"There's such a lot of different Annes in me. I sometimes think that is why I'm such a troublesome person. If I was just the one Anne it would be ever so much more comfortable, but then it w… Read More
2015-10-25 22:01
When I was 13, I wanted to die. I had no voice. I had no way to tell. I went to an independent alternative school until I was 12. Suddenly I was 13, and I had to go to "real" schoo… Read More
2015-10-05 00:16
I want to write about body image. It's something that affects everyone to some degree. I can't imagine that anyone looks at themselves and sees perfection. Although some of us hate our bodie… Read More
2015-10-04 00:25
Today I learned that if you are addict, you are labeled an addict. Always. Forever. It doesn't go away. Kind of like this headache I have had for the last 5 weeks. This headache is neve… Read More
2015-07-07 07:33
BEING FAT MEANS I HAVE EXTRA PADDING AROUND MY BONES AND MY MUSCLES AND MY ORGANS. IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT I HAVE EXTRA PADDING AROUND MY FEELINGS. I AM A HUMAN. A HUMAN WHO HUR… Read More
2015-07-01 01:34
Church Street. Monday morning. Cars drive by. 20 or so people are walking. Some stop at Starbucks for a coffee on the way to work. A dog, tied to a pole waiting for its owner, barks at… Read More
2015-06-22 17:23
This weekend I went dancing. Which is odd, because I don't dance. Not anymore. When I was 3, I went to see the ballet for the first time. I fell in love. It was the nutcracker and… Read More
2015-06-20 17:01
(All artwork is original by me) Everybody cries. Everybody needs someone to love them. And everybody poops. That's just a fact. The problem with that fact is bathrooms. I have… Read More
2015-06-16 16:36
All art work is original by me ...read a quote the other day about why teachers call their students "my kids" having to do with taking them into our hearts. The classroom becomes a family. Y… Read More
2015-06-14 05:48
All art is original and by me ...I have been thinking a lot about sexuality. About sensuality. Desires. Fantasies. I have been trying to determine the differences between erotica and porn. B… Read More
2015-06-04 00:48
As most of my readers know, I have an eating disorder. It started around the time that I was twelve years old. I was convinced from an early age that I was fat. Recently I have looked at pho… Read More
2015-06-03 03:17
When I was three years old, my parents got me my first pet. It was a hamster. I named her Tootoose. Over the years, I had several hamsters as they don't have very long lifespans. I had… Read More
2015-05-19 01:41
For many years I felt alone. Most of my life in fact. I felt like I wasn't allowed to have emotions, let alone express them. So I held everything inside. The pain of holding i… Read More
2015-05-18 04:26
I am caught in a vicious shame cycle. I start to feel good about myself. So I panic. I try to identify what is feeling good. And I try to recreate that. I haven't been eating bread. So… Read More
2015-05-06 20:34
I have been studying bodies. Curvy bodies. Voluptuous bodies. Round bodies. Plus-sized bodies. Bodies you don't see in magazines, billboards, movies, or the centrefold of playboy. I have bee… Read More
2015-05-06 04:46
Being 13 is never easy. Hormones start raging. You hate everyone. You hate yourself. Nothing seems to go right. 13 was especially difficult for me. Many things happened to me that year… Read More
2015-05-05 04:14
I haven't blogged in a really long time. I miss it. A lot. I have discovered that sometimes images say more than words. So I have decided to blog with my art work. Oil pastels and oil p… Read More
2015-02-08 22:32
nosy nora says that everyone dies, just not all at once. i hummed and hawed over whether or not to write this post, and more importantly, whether or not to publish it. i deal with life… Read More
2015-02-02 02:12
life is like laundry and it's full of missing socks. “One can never have enough socks," said Dumbledore. "Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn't get a single pair. Peopl… Read More
2015-02-01 01:38
i was never the kind of person who reached out for support. i was the kind of person who tucked away my troubles and pretended to the world that everything was fine. i was too busy taki… Read More
2015-01-31 02:11
this week was another hard week. one minute i was heartbroken and devastated and the next i was hopeful and looking forward to potential and possibilities. this week i did a lot of thin… Read More
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