I am tired of hiding, tired of misspent and knotted energies, tired of…

Kay Redfield Jamison
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I am tired of hiding, tired of misspent and knotted energies, tired of the hypocrisy, and tired of acting as though I have something to hide. ✨ Kay Redfield Jamison (2014). An Unquiet Mind: A memoir of moods and madness, p.11, Pan Macmillan
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