Things We Forget

By Gentle Witch

  • Romance

    Romance

    One lesson I learned that changed my perspective is that some people are not compatible as lovers. No matter how attracted they are to each other, many differences of ideas…

  • Weed

    Weed

    One great way to deal with negative emotions is to smoke weed. Weed affects the hippocampus, where memory is stored. Smoking weed assists in forgetting the idea that caused the…

  • DBT

    DBT

    I wish schools actually taught DBT concepts and skills. This would aid greatly in preventing miscommunications and domestic violence. What do you wish they taught in schools? Comment to let…

  • Attack

    Attack

    I didn’t know you could legally fight back until I was in my 30s. Schools should teach that — and how to invest while they’re at it.

  • Spiders

    Spiders

    As a kid, I had a phobia of spiders – especially daddy-long-legs. I was often terrified when my family went tent camping. Daddy-long-legs loved hiding from the rain on top…

  • Fun

    Fun

    As a young person, I wanted to be famous. Because of this, I used to worry about gaining followers on my blog. Then, I began to see that I posted…

  • Consistency

    Consistency

    I used to worry about not taking advantage of every single moment of my precious life. I wanted to have adventures every day; I was terrified of wasting my life.…

  • Morals

    Morals

    I used to worry a lot about what media my boyfriend consumed because it reflected his morals. Now, we are just friends, and I am not so preoccupied with his…

  • Pressure

    Pressure

    ‘Tradition is nothing but ancestral peer pressure.’ — Indya Moore. A quote worth sitting with.

  • Progress

    Progress

    “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” Frederick Douglass said this. This is a good reminder that exposing yourself to struggle promotes growth. Growth is everything, and so…

  • Amy Poehler

    Amy Poehler

    “Limit your ‘always’ and your ‘nevers’.” — Amy Poehler. “Always” and “never” are absolutes. It keeps us stuck if we think in absolutes. We must keep plowing forward, always, regardless…

  • Maya Angelou

    Maya Angelou

    “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better” – Maya Angelou. This quote hits because I remained ignorant of a lot of things…

Hi! Gentle Witch here. I graduated from a state college with a double major in 2019. I worked for the federal government for years, and I like to write free-verse poetry in my spare time. I have traveled alone to the Virgin Islands and New York, NY. When I was 16, I had to relearn everything after a brain injury.