Sophia Conn
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Compilation of words I just want to get out of my brain. Interests, passions, yada yada.
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Nostalgia: The World's Most Prevalent Mental Illness
Nostalgia is a sickening, disgusting, soul-crushing experience that I would never wish on any human worthy of happiness -- yet it is something that seems hardwired into us the same way that trauma might be, or excitement. It is comforting, yet sinister, a reminder of our finite experience on this planet. It is intertwined with the five senses so beautifully, but so abruptly. The smell of the first Bath & Body Works fragrance your mom ever bought for you transports you to your mind's clips and scenes of your eighth grade math classroom, just before everything got weird, before you spent weeks inside. The melody to that old song that played on the car radio gets stuck in your head, until you remember the summer you spent camping with a little boombox sitting on a stump playing the 2010s pop radio station. You get tense when you see someone walking down the street wearing the same outfit your ex-boyfriend wore five years ago, or feel a warmth in your heart eating mom’s home-cooked meals that you haven't had in a while. Maybe when someone hugs you just like your grandma did, you feel a bit of emptiness accompanying the warm embrace.
By Sophia Connabout a month ago in Psyche
What Canadian Pride Looks Like for a Dodgers Fan After a Grueling World Series Win Against the Toronto Blue Jays
Canadians love their sports, and with only one MLB franchise, the Toronto Blue Jays have become Canada’s team. Baseball fanatics and casual patriots alike flooded the streets, the sports bars, and Rogers Centre this October to celebrate their team’s first advance to the World Series since their 1993 win against the Philadelphia Phillies. To viewers north of the border, the breakthrough in their 32-year string of losses was not just a success in baseball, but a statement of Canadian unity and perseverance against American teams in an ongoing cultural, national, and even political fight between the two countries. Despite the majority of us feeling this way, what does it mean for a proud Canadian cheering for the Dodgers this year?
By Sophia Conn2 months ago in Unbalanced
