Slgtlyscatt3red
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Slightly scattered. Just a woman with autism and ADHD that loves to write poetry, create art, and sing.
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Five Different Ways to Start an Essay
What Is a Hook in an Essay? A hook is a couple of sentences at the beginning of your essay that draw your reader into the topic you are discussing. Hooks should be engaging and descriptive so as to catch the reader’s attention.
By Slgtlyscatt3red6 months ago in Writers
How to Write an Essay
How To Write An Essay Picture it: you are sitting in class, and, all of a sudden, your teacher or professor starts passing out that assignment sheet. When you get the paper in front of you, you see those two words that haunt you at night when you can’t sleep; the words that make you cringe and think about staying up late to finish a paper at 3 A.M.: “Persuasive Essay”...
By Slgtlyscatt3red6 months ago in Writers
How Childhood Neglect Impacts Adults
Today, I wanted to take the time to talk about something that is really important to me: childhood neglect and abuse. For the longest time in my life, I felt the need to justify what happened to me, to think "well, it's my fault", or "there's something wrong with me", or "my parents aren't terrible people maybe I'm just imagining my mistreatment". The thing is, the older I've gotten, the more I've learned of the complex impacts of childhood neglect and abuse. It's not always easy to detect because we are confused as kids; we don't know that what's being done to us is wrong. The families where this happens are sometimes the kinds of families that look alright from the outside world, but instead are deeply hurting. That's what my experience with childhood neglect and abuse was like. I was isolated in my room a lot, a witnessed physical abuse, and listened to arguments constantly. Even though my whole life I was trying so hard to just find my way, the thing is, my family never gave me the support I needed to succeed, so then I turned into this:
By Slgtlyscatt3red6 months ago in Psyche
90s Hidden Gems: The Soft Bulletin-The Flaming Lips. Top Story - July 2025.
The Soft Bulletin- (1999) The Flaming Lips The Flaming Lips are an interesting band with quite the expansive history of weird things, such as dancing aliens in Christmas costumes at their concerts, to a shower of balloons coming down on the audiences, to an album that was meant entirely for each track to be played synchronized with each other on many different stereos at once. (Zaireeka)
By Slgtlyscatt3red6 months ago in Beat
Are There Other Realities?
There are many different realities, but we are too blind to see that. There is not just one way; there have always been an infinite amount of alternate realities to every reality there is out there. If I think on it that way, then I wonder what is real? Is it real because we see it? I don't think so. I don't think we have to see it to believe that it's real. I think it exists, whether or not we see it or believe it. Those realities are right there, happening at the same time that our reality is happening, and so on and so on.
By Slgtlyscatt3red6 months ago in Earth
Classic 70s Albums: At The Speed of Sound- Wings
At The Speed of Sound- Wings (1976) Are you a fan of Paul McCartney? 🎶❤️ Wings was a British-American rock group that rose to popularity during the 70s. Led by singer/songwriter Paul McCartney of the Beatles, the band consisted of Paul, his wife Linda, Denny Seiwell, and Denny Laine. However, the band has cycled through many different members. Band on the Run, another popular album by the band, is a prime example of this, showcasing the talents of many different musicians into one amazing experience.
By Slgtlyscatt3red6 months ago in Beat
