Stream of Consciousness

The Workload You Build Yourself
Most adults describe overwhelm as something that arrives from outside. They talk about it as if it settles onto the body without warning. Overwhelm is most often self-induced. It grows out of choices that protect comfort instead of finishing the work. It forms from distractions that feel harmless but produce weight later. People often see the feeling as pressure from the job when it is really pressure from tasks left undone.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin14 days ago in Humans
The moment you truly like yourself
The moment you truly like yourself is not the moment you feel better. It’s the moment something stops asking for permission inside you. I didn’t reach it through insight or courage. I reached it through fracture. Through realizing that fear wasn’t the problem—it was the symptom of a distance I kept maintaining from myself.
By Randolphe Tanoguem14 days ago in Humans
The School System
The school system does not fail loudly. It fails politely. It still rings its bells, prints its worksheets, uploads its timetables and holds its assemblies about well-being and future pathways. From the outside, it looks functional. Even progressive. New acronyms appear every few years. New frameworks. New strategic plans featuring pastel logos and mission statements about innovation.
By Emilie Turner14 days ago in Humans
I’m Performing a Life I Don’t Remember Choosing. AI-Generated.
Somewhere along the way, I started playing a role and forgot when auditions ended. The lines come easily now. I know what to say, how to say it, when to smile, when to nod. From the outside, it probably looks like confidence. From the inside, it feels like muscle memory doing all the work.
By Mind Leaks14 days ago in Humans
I’m Busy, But Not With Anything That Matters. AI-Generated.
I’m busy. Constantly. My calendar is full, my notifications never stop, and somehow none of it feels connected to anything I actually care about. It’s impressive, really—how much time I can spend doing things without moving an inch closer to the life I tell myself I want.
By Mind Leaks14 days ago in Humans
I Keep Editing This Sentence Because I Don’t Want to Admit What I Know. AI-Generated.
I keep editing this sentence because if I say it cleanly, I lose plausible deniability. And I like my deniability. It lets me pretend I’m confused instead of resistant, tired instead of afraid, thoughtful instead of stuck.
By Mind Leaks14 days ago in Humans
The Quiet Contract of Asian America and the Architecture of Conditional Belonging
America presents itself as a system built on arrival. Come, contribute, comply and belonging will follow. 😊 The promise is implicit, rarely stated aloud, but reinforced through law, labor markets, education systems, and cultural mythology. For many Asian immigrants and their descendants, this promise has always functioned less as an invitation than as a conditional contract; one that demands output without guaranteeing protection.
By Cadma14 days ago in Humans
The Misalignment of America’s Foundational Systems
Systems are meant to organize to provide predictability, fairness, and governance. In the United States, however, the very architecture of its social, political, economic, and legal systems was built on a hierarchy that placed whiteness at the center. This hierarchical system was not simply discriminatory in isolated instances; it was systemic, stitched into the law, enforced through policy, and embedded in culture, producing outcomes that shape every facet of life for people of color, especially African Americans. The fault in this system is not in isolated acts of prejudice, but in the deep structural design that has historically concentrated power and wealth in white hands while marginalizing others. This is not a matter of individual ill will; it is the story of how the nation’s systems were constructed and perpetuated over centuries.
By Cadma14 days ago in Humans
Love Divided
I was scrolling through my emails recently when I noticed an interesting article posted by users on Quora entitled ”why do Men struggle mentally in relationships” normally like most people I take a quick glance and the email is confined to the bin, however something about this post captured my intrigue so I decided to take a look further, also to unashamedly see if I could draw comparisons to my own life and experiences. Then, out of surprise, I found a comment which threw me off guard, a topic rarely even discussed out in the open. The comment highlighted how racial differences can become the defining factor in mixed relationships which cause mental health issues.
By Malachai Hough15 days ago in Humans
There Are New Rules Now
Hello and good morning to all American citizens. It's a bone-cold day here in America, and it's not just because of the temperature. I have taken over every media outlet with this very important message from the President, Donald J. Trump. The Democracy of America is no more. The Democracy of America has been shaky for the last 90 years or so, but as of today, we are grieving for our country as we now face the consequences of how truly broken the Democratic Government was.
By Hope Martin15 days ago in Humans
I Saw God Through the Kitchen Window
Cupping my fingers, I glide them across her trapezius and steadily up and along her neck, pushing in my thumb. I finish the move at the base of her skull. I rub with small, deep circles to soften the solidified fascia.
By Chantal Christie Weiss15 days ago in Humans
Quiet Numbers
The radio clicks from nineteen to twenty. I exhale like I’ve been holding my breath underwater, though I hadn’t noticed going under. The song sounds the same. The room looks the same. Nothing in the universe acknowledges the correction, but my chest loosens anyway.
By Jesse Lee15 days ago in Humans