Rose Okpeks

Writer and doctoral intern in psychoanalysis. Lonely, single woman. This is my memoir. #writing #psychoanalysis #memoir

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Saturday, July 31st, 2021

Started reading Independent People today. It’s about a farmer who is hellbent on achieving freedom.

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Monday, July 12, 2021

I want to delete Tinder. Have faith that the world will lead me to the right people.

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Thursday, July 1, 2021

I let down three men tonight. And I am about to eat three salmon avocado rolls.

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My family doesn’t see me as an alcoholic, but I know that I am one. I am one because I have never loved a person as much as I love a glass of wine.

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My dad can’t tolerate gratuitous violence or sex on T.V. anymore.

I can’t get enough of it.

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Yesterday, while walking home from Jamaica Pond, I had an overwhelming sense of well-being. At the same time, I thought, as I always do when I am happy, this is going to end.