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When emotional purging gets mistaken for artistic courage

I wrote a piece about my anxiety and people keep telling me how brave I am but it just felt like vomiting on the page.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The confusion between cathartic expression and intentional craft diminishes both therapeutic and artistic value.

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