Self-sabotage Stories

They met once when they were kids and parted ways. They met once when they were teenagers and parted ways. They met once when they grew up and parted ways. Every time their hearts whispered "next time". A boy so genuine. A girl so self-sabotaging.

I should feel bad right now, but I don't. I didn't harm anyone. I didn't harm myself. So, I would consider this a victory honestly. How can this be bad if it makes me happy? And by now you and I both know that's not me talking. Not the rational, logical, me anyway. I feel like I should give her another name. Distance her from me. Because most of the time I can't relate to her.

Malta has a question in her head that affects several aspects of her life. She will fight to find the answer.

This fictitious story is about a troubled twenty-something year old drug trafficker based in New York City who through a plenitude of mishaps and self-sabotage comes to terms with herself, her past and most importantly, her future. She is a woman in control who naively believes she's self-aware, but she's far from. As she battles her past demons after her Colombian ex-lover bequeaths her his wealth and narcotics empire, she learns the meaning of true love.

Colin Ryan Darcy was born to poverty, immersed in a world fueled by substance abuse, violence, and crime. He had low expectations of life until he moves away to live with his aunt at nine years old. After experiencing the "good life", the young man becomes ravenous and lusts for finer things. Colin becomes intoxicated with the world, and learns that good things never last, at least not for him. Every time he finds success and freedom from the past, his inner demons find a way to sabotage his life. Follow along with this epic tale of self-sabotage, as Colin struggles to overcome the influences of his father and become the man his aunt believes he can be. Author's Notes: 04-Oct-18 Warning: The contents of this complex tale may be considered objectionable, so please read at your own discretion.

ou were told you were gifted. Intelligent. Potential-packed. So why are you still stuck on the sidelines of your own life - overthinking, overpreparing, and quietly unraveling under the weight of all you could be? This is not a book for the broken. It's a mirror for the brilliant. For the ones who build elaborate mental castles but never cross the drawbridge. For the ones who perform competence while silently fearing exposure. For the minds so sharp they cut themselves on every decision. In The Impostor's Path, Kora Kornell dismantles the myth of readiness, exposes the cult of self-improvement, and shows why intelligence - without motion - becomes your most beautiful prison. It's not your ability that's failing you. It's your loyalty to the mask. This book is not here to coddle you. It's here to unfreeze you. Through sharp insight, ruthless honesty, and a structure designed to rupture your comfort, Kornell maps the journey from mental paralysis to strategic rebellion - so you can finally stop rehearsing your life and start building it. You don't need to be more. You need to begin.

Have you ever wondered why some seem stuck in the "two steps forward, and one step back cycle of life? Do you wait for the other shoe to drop?

"He didn't lie to me. He just didn't tell me he was dying." Aarya thought Zayan cheated. So she left. Three years later, she receives his journal - mailed posthumously, filled with letters she was never meant to read. Every chapter is a memory. Every page is a wound reopened. A Love Story Told Too Late is an emotional slow-burn romance, perfect for readers who believe love doesn't always end with a wedding - sometimes, it ends with forgiveness.

Content & Trigger Warnings (CW): This novella contains sensitive themes, including: - Borderline Personality Disorder - Self-harm ideation (no graphic depictions) - Emotional disregulation - Childhood emotional neglect - Panic attacks - Depressive episodes - Brief references to suicidal thought - Intense interpersonal conflict The story treats these topics with empathy and care but may be triggering for some readers. Read discretion is advised. Nina has always lived with her emotions turned up to loud. at went-one, her diagnosis- Borderline Personality Disorder--is both a name and a mirror, reflecting the chaos insider her. Her moods swing like a pendulum, her relationships burn too hot or freeze too fast, and the smallest shift in tone can feel like a heartbreak. Nina isn't sure is she's broken or just unloveable. But therapy offers her a thread to hold on to. And when Jamie, her patient but weary roommate, refuses to give up on her, Nine begins to question everything she believes about herself. through intense emotional storms, past trauma, the fragile beginnings of love, and the terrifying work of healing, she must learn how to live with her mind-without letting it drown her.

A collection of loss, friendship, heartbreak, self- sabotage, and high school experiences. The book deals with the beautiful mess in a teenager's mind; struggling to cope with the discomfort in her chest.

For me, poetry is my truth. It is a way for me to capture the essence of a moment that is sometimes very hard to articulate simply using spoken words. This book simply captures the messiness of the never ending process of my becoming in a certain.

Poetry written in times of addiction

For most of my life, I thought I wasn't built for the world. Too much noise, too much information, too much everything. So I hid - inside routines, inside silence, inside a mind that shut down whenever things got overwhelming. But something unexpected happened. A song. A movie. A city someone I admired once walked through. Tiny things. But they cracked open a space I didn't even know was sealed shut. This is the story of how fandom didn't just distract me. It rescued me. It handed me a doorway back to the world - one small choice at a time.

Chapters that circles around the life of a young, yet burnt out, aspiring writer/actor/alcoholic/etc who yearns for fame, seeing it as the only validation he'll ever see in life. A story that seems more like a TV show rather than a book, episodes of stories revolving around his different everyday life. Heavily inspired by 'BoJack Horseman'

One heart couldn't fall in love, the other refused to admit it had. They are separated by a chasm of fear, even when standing side-by-side.

When I arrived in the city, I thought the world was about to begin. But what began was him. Love. Obsession. Surrender. I didn't know what it meant to lose myself... until I believed I only existed through his eyes. He was my beginning. And for a long time, I thought he would also be my end.

This book emphasizes unspoken thoughts, emotions, and confessions, the things we wish we could say but hold back for various reasons. It is personal, reflective, and tinged with melancholy, something some of you may relate to, while others may not.

Polar opposites, Meric and Sarah have navigated a lifelong friendship held together by a web of secrets , danger and denial. Quiet, people-pleasing Sara grounds Meric's appetite for drama and Meric's wild-child nature introduces new people and adventures into Sara's vanilla life. Childhood brought them together, but does knowing someone for a long time mean they are worthy to keep in your life? When tragedy strikes and one has the power of life/death in their hands, which is ready to prove themselves as the good friend? Heartwarming and heartbreaking story of raw truth as it unveils itself over the lives of 2 women. Full novel spanning 25 years, published a few chapters at a time but not necessarily in the right order as told in interview fashion after tragedy has occurred.

a haiku on myopia