Amaani Ziauddin

There are moments or situations in life where you realize your role in someone’s life isn’t necessarily the same as the one you thought you had. And sometimes you don’t really think about it until you’re in a situation where things connect and become a little more visible, the context changes, and suddenly the dynamic feels clearer than it did a second before. Image Source: Pinterest It’s not even that anything is necessarily wrong. It’s more that your understanding of where you fit in...

During the nighttime, everything seems scarier. The pile of clothes at the end of your bed looks like some sort of demonic creature, and the incessant sound of creaking wood feels like someone is watching over you as you try to sleep. But there’s something even worse than both of those–the intrusive thoughts that creep in so naturally. Intrusive thoughts drive those fears away in a matter of seconds. And when we have these intrusive thoughts during the day, they feel like plain, normal...

Something that I've noticed about my brain would be how often I go back in the past. I constantly replay conversations, decisions, and moments, and think about what I could've done differently. Sometimes I even find myself planning things out as if I have the ability to go back and do things a second time, even though I know I don't. Image Source: Pexels A lot of the instances that I think about are often small, like the way I responded to someone or how I wished I wasn't zoned out when...