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The Psychology of Growing Up by ChanChanTheGreat, literature

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The Psychology of Growing Up

Stage 1 – Infancy: Trust vs. Mistrust Humans are not born with an innate sense of trust. That’s why babies cry when their mothers leave their rooms – for fear that they will not return to them. According to Erikson, our first psychosocial task is deciding whether or not to trust the people around us. A baby is completely and totally dependent upon its parents, or other primary caregiver(s); he cannot do anything for himself. He cries when hungry because no one is feeding him, and he is too helpless to do it himself. He cries when his diaper is wet because no one has changed him, and he does not know that someone will soon t

Alone (Revised) by ChanChanTheGreat, literature

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Alone (Revised)

I decided to take a walk one day, and this is what I saw: Cantankerous birds And anxiety-attack-inducing bees filled the air, with No clouds to be seen and no rain to be had 'Til right there at the end. I Begin Toward the rose garden, though they’re out of season. Then it’s Over the hill and under the arbor; sunshine highlights each dew-covered blade of grass. Coarse though they are, each One gives way to my poor old flip-flops, AKA my Not-appropriate-for-a-walk-in-the-woods shoes. Past the (dead) roses now, Vast forests meet me face-to-face, beckoning: Enveloped by evergreens; is this what the elusive “they” cal

Writer by ChanChanTheGreat, literature

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Writer

Write in blue when you are feeling sad; write in black for school work; write your thoughts and feelings in color; be careful where you place your commas; symbols do not belong in formal writing assignments; never change tense in the middle of a story without proper cause; when buying a notebook to write in, make sure it feels right in your hand or you will not write well in it; when you are stuck, stick your notebook in a drawer for a day and then come back to it with new ideas and experiences; exclamation marks are to be used sparingly, as the force should be in the words, not the punctuation; don’t go looking for inspiration or you w

Mercy of God by ChanChanTheGreat, literature

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Mercy of God

A young boy moved in to a new neighborhood; his parents were freshly divorced due to his mother's distaste for monogamy. And so, mother and son moved into the new boyfriend's place. The boyfriend's house was horrendously dirty and quite shabby, but what made it unbearable was the stale odor of a years' worth of Frito's smashed into the carpet and the sour stench of roughly one hundred Bud Light cans that never quite made it into the trash can. What his mother saw in this man he couldn't say, but it certainly wasn't his attention to detail. The boy missed his father. That night, the boy told his mother he was going for a walk. And, for all in

30 Minutes Well-Spent. by ChanChanTheGreat, literature

Black Death by ChanChanTheGreat, literature

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Black Death

Today, I smelled the color black: It was putrid, like licorice soaked in urine, Sour, like milk left to spoil, Rotten, like a carcass crawling with maggots, Vile, like the twisted fantasies of a sexual deviant. It was a wound oozing with infection, The tissue around it green and soaked with pus; It was a needle covered with plague and bacteria Shoved into the veins of a tortured soul; It was rape, it was murder, It was death and disease. Black is the color of the unclean.

In Memoriam by ChanChanTheGreat, literature

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In Memoriam

Do you feel better now, sweet friend? I still remember when we went out drinking, You said, "I just need some gin!" After one too many, you started sinking, Do you feel better now, sweet friend? The next morning you were sicker than I’ve ever seen you, But for you, bodies were easy to mend. You laughed it off and I asked with conviction, Do you feel better now, sweet friend? Then I went to college and you went to rehab And you were out on your own again Your love was the only strength you had Do you feel better now, sweet friend? And then it all came crashing down: Your job, relationship, and motherhood came to an abrupt end And you

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The Psychology of Growing Up by ChanChanTheGreat, literature

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Black Death

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The Flour and the Sack by JuniperJuneFerngully, literature

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The Flour and the Sack

The sack of flour sat on the toilet. The sack opened up its lower sack and the flour dumped into the toilet. Then the sack became empty and limp, so it too fell in the toilet. The corner of the sack that wasn’t yet saturated in toilet water lifted up and flushed itself along with the flour down the toilet. The flour and the sack swam through the pipes and into the sewer. The flour and the sack drifted side by side in the sewer until they noticed a few yards away there floated an empty bag next to a pile of pork rinds. The flour and the sack went over and became acquainted with the pork rinds and the bag. The bold pork rinds

#SixWordStories Showcase: March 5 - March 19 by mode-de-vie, journal

#SixWordStories Showcase: March 5 - March 19

Mar 20, 2012

A type of Flash Fiction, six word stories are (very) short stories with an exact word count: six words. SixWordStories (https://www.deviantart.com/sixwordstories) is the place where, alongside quality, quantity really does matter. Though these stories are so brief in length, they can be as profound, if not more, than the prose and poetry you see and read every day, partly because six word stories can tell us so much and yet contain so little. In our feature articles, we will be showcasing selections of the wonderful six word stories submitted to our bi-weekly word and theme prompts. New bi-weekly prompts will also be announced here. Word Prompt: Only Asked :thumb288765526::thum

Witness to Another Crime by celestial-elevator, literature

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Witness to Another Crime

A man has been sentenced. Years ago, he committed a crime and now it is time for him to pay his debt to society. How? By ending his life. That criminal is a bad man by all moral standards. He murdered two young women in blind rage, so savagely that they had to be identified through dental records. How can anyone be so cruel? The man has a name, but I have already forgotten it. All I can think of is his punishment. I'm sitting safely behind glass walls, peering into chamber where a man - a doctor? - prepares the needle. I'm unsure how I feel about this. My pondering comes to a halt when he enters the room. I have never seen him before, jus

Girl in the War by Judah-Leonardo, literature

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Girl in the War

It did get easier, once I started to imagine things were moving fast, too fast to fathom, too fast to see the stars but only feel them intrinsically on my skin—little pinpricks, little bubbles of air to touch my cheeks or take my breath. Or, you know. The sort of rambling things I was letting myself think, so long as it kept me distracted and living. The window was damp with me leaning against it, and in that position the teeth-rattling rumble of the ol' greyhound's engines was churning my stomach much the same way a headache had been thrashing behind my eyes for the past month. I rubbed my ragged sleeve into a patch of fogged glass a

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My name is Chandler. I'm a Psych major with a minor in Creative Writing. Everything on my page is a work in progress, so feel free to critique whatever you want. In fact, please do. That aside, I'm a pretty cool cat.

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Sep 16, 2012

Well guys, it's been awhile.

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I've made some pretty huge changes in my life recently, and as such, I've decided to quit using almost all social media. I've already deleted my Twitter, and I'm about to go delete my Tumblr. I was about to delete my dA, but since so much of my work is saved here, it's safe for the present. However, I did go through and get rid of almost half of the work I've submitted. But once I've gotten around to saving the rest of it to a flash drive, I'm sure I'll be deleting this account soon afterward. The only account I won't be deleting is my Facebook, and that's for the sole purpose of communicating with my family and friends after I move.

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ChanChanTheGreat

May 4, 2012

I'm Everywhere You Need Me To Be.

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I'd say tonight was a success. I didn't get nearly as drunk as I wanted to, but that's probably for the best. Alcoholism runs in the family. But yeah, the toga party was pretty great - I got buzzed and hung out and met some cool people. Then the cops came and we got the fuck out of there. Ah, college. I never actually made it to the bar, though. Disappointing. I did, however, make it to Burger King. Have it my way indeed. Regarding the deeper things going on my life recently, I talked to my supersweet roommate today for about two hours, and I basically just poured my heart out to her and vented about all my troubles and some of the shitty, f

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May 3, 2012

My Limbic System Has Gone Haywire.

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In light of my most recent stumble into the bottomless chasm of depression, I've made a decision: Thursday night is gonna be a big night for me. First off, the toga party, where I fully intend to get so drunk I can't remember my own name; next, to the bar. But not just any bar - no, this is a gay bar. My friend is fabulously gay and very single, so he wants me to accompany him to the gay bar and be his wingwoman for his birthday. Seeing as I'll already be plastered, that should be buckets of fun. And if it's only gay guys and no lesbians, no one will be hitting on me! Which probably would have been the case anyway, as I'm almost positive I'll

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JuniperJuneFerngully

May 24, 2013

Thank you very much for the favorite, my dear.

ChanChanTheGreat

May 26, 2013

My pleasure, darling!

You so purty. -3-

Hello!

On behalf of #SixWordStories, I would just like to welcome you to the Group!

We have many ways for you to get involved. If you have past stories, just submit them to Freestyle, and it'll be accepted if it is a proper story. We also have Prompts, but they're a bit more restrictive... More information about them is displayed here. We have listed our guidelines here, which includes our definition on What is a Six Word Story? to help you.

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Judah-Leonardo

Nov 29, 2011

Thank you so much for fav-ing "Girl in the War", mate!

ChanChanTheGreat

Dec 3, 2011

haha no problem, thanks for writing it! i enjoyed it very much.

Swerd12

Oct 22, 2011

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!