Claire McAllen
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The Wandering Soul
The Wandering Soul Where you go, I will go; where you stay, I will stay. The air in Naomi’s home felt thick with the scent of dried lavender and woodsmoke. Beneath it was another smell, metallic, bitter, that no amount of dried herbs and flowers could hide.
By Claire McAllen2 days ago in Fiction
The Silence is Not Health: The Structural Cost of Moralised Pain
I. Executive Summary I would like to present theoretical and empirical synthesis concerning the systemic failure of modern pain management. It argues that chronic physical pain is a biological fact that cannot be thought away through cognitive reframing. By utilising a framework of Regulation Architecture, I demonstrate how current medical demands for acceptance force subjects into a state of resignation and learned helplessness. This silence is not health. It is a trauma response that masks a total collapse of structural integrity. By integrating neuroimaging data and allostatic load theory, this paper calls for a shift from policing emotional reactions to providing functional, biologically grounded relief.
By Claire McAllen4 days ago in Humans
The Question of Breakfast . Content Warning.
The Question of Breakfast The kettle whistled, the low, polite sound it made every time the cycle completed. Tea was every afternoon at four. George didn’t have to look at the clock. The television paced their days. The advert breaks gave him just enough time to put the kettle on. The steam hitting the tile was his reminder, like a trusty timepiece.
By Claire McAllen18 days ago in Fiction
