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My Brain

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My brain is full of wolves.
They twist and bite and claw themselves to death across my cerebral cortex, splattering the inside of my skull with blood and fur.
My brain is full of bulls.
They charge at any provocation and gouge each other, spilling still-live organs across my frontal lobe.
My brain is full of pythons.
They coil tight around my brainstem, dig in their fangs, and squeeze until the tissue goes limp and is devoured.
My brain is full of demons.
They frighten the wolves, they enrage the bulls, and they starve the pythons, all while hiding my temporal lobe and my amygdala.
My brain is full of dogs.
They drive off the wolves, then lap the cuts clean and wipe up the blood with their shaggy fur.
My brain is full of bears.
They slay the raging bulls and guarantee that, for a while, they won't return.
My brain is full of eagles.
They capture and carry off the pythons, and leave my brainstem battered but alive.
My brain is full of angels.
They send the dogs, they train the bears, and they summon the eagles, all while hunting for the demons.
My brain is at war.
It is up to me which side wins.
This is how it feels to battle depression and self doubt, how wrestle with inwardly-directed hatred.
It\'s easier after writing it down.
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