Marie’s ChatGPT-Assisted Deconstruction Blog

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Why I Craved Sugar: A Childhood Shaped by Emotional Hunger

For most of my life, I thought my sugar cravings were just a lack of discipline. Now I know they were a language—my body’s way of asking for care I never got. This post explores how binge eating rooted in childhood can be a survivor's attempt to feel loved.

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Therapy Wasn’t Enough—This Is What Woke Me Up

This isn’t about a lack of coping skills. It’s about confronting a collapsing world with eyes open, beyond what therapy or DBT ever prepared me for. This is what it really means to be awake in a system built on denial—and why I’ll never settle for worksheets again.

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When You’re Right About the Collapse and It Still Hurts

This post is for the ones who saw it coming—the poisoned air, the broken systems, the ecological grief—and now live with the unbearable clarity that we were right. It explores what it means to mourn a livable future in real time, and how to stay human anyway.

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Bedazzled, Loneliness, and the Lies We Tell Ourselves

On the surface, Bedazzled is a goofy comedy about a man who sells his soul for love. But underneath, it’s a portrait of loneliness, self-erasure, and the seductive promise of quick fixes. This post explores what the Devil really represents—and why Elliot's journey feels uncomfortably familiar if you've ever changed yourself to be loved.

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Movement as Memory: Why Trauma Lives in the Body

This post breaks down the science behind why trauma gets stored in the body and how movement—without performance, mysticism, or metaphor—can help complete the survival responses that were interrupted in childhood. Especially helpful for those deprogramming from religious frameworks.

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