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  • Dark editorial text card reading 'How were the last two months and seven days?' — a Women's Day post by Merlyn Mathias at callmeunfiltered.comWomen’s Day Roast: Same Cigarette | Call Me Unfiltered
    In #Merlunfiltered - The Visual Mess, Bold Roast
  • Illustration of a tall man seated at a lounge table with a woman beside him, holding whiskey and concluding a conversation, while others socialize around them.Vertical Gap in Relationships: Height vs Depth
    In Bold Roast
  • Funny caricature showing a manipulator surrounded by flying monkeys and cronies laughing, while an empathic person sits overwhelmed, symbolising manipulation, smear campaigns and cheap humour at someone else’s expenseCronies Flying Monkeys Manipulation: The Playbook
    In #Merlunfiltered - The Visual Mess
  • An estuary where the sea meets dirt and debris, symbolizing the heavy stillness of anxiety.
    Buffering Diaries,  Cuts and Cracks

    Living With Anxiety — A Little Bit More Than Before

    October 17, 2025 /

    Even on the days I’m not so sure — this is for the ones who think healing is loud, and for the quiet battles fought behind held breaths. Anxiety doesn’t need a reason; it just needs space to be understood.

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  • Illustration symbolizing the art of doing too much, depicting emotional weight, overextending, and the burden of caring for others.
    Buffering Diaries

    Backpack of Stones: Navigating Trauma and CPTSD

    October 16, 2025 /

    A deeply personal essay exploring the relentless weight of borderline personality, trauma, anxiety, and depression — and the quiet human need to be seen and understood.

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  • Some mornings are storms, some are light — learning to let go of emotional weight
    Buffering Diaries

    The Weight I Was Never Meant to Carry

    October 16, 2025 /

    Letting go of emotional weight is a journey, not a single decision. It begins with noticing the small spaces where light can enter, even when mornings feel stormy. This reflection is about letting go of emotional weight, learning to release what was never yours to carry, and discovering quiet love in unexpected places. It’s been weeks since I last blogged.My memories — my idea of love — have shifted. Mornings feel heavy, so I brace myself in the dark. Yet, light still finds its way in small, unexpected corners. I watch it creep across the floor, a quiet reminder that it exists — not everywhere, not in everyone, but somewhere.…

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  • A lone person sits on a windswept beach as waves crash around them, reflecting solitude, introspection, and the emotional turbulence of family distance.
    Buffering Diaries

    Family Estrangement Reflection: Navigating Distance

    August 31, 2025 /

    This blog unfolds a silent war fought within—yearning for family connection amidst silence and omission. It explores the emotional cost of sacrifice, the desire to leave, and the courage to live for oneself.

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  • Saumya — the calm presence who helped me begin healing without touch, just by holding space.
    Unfiltered Letters

    The Power of Hands: Healing Without Touch

    July 13, 2025 /

    She didn’t walk into my life. She arrived like a name in a sealed envelope. No context, no story, no clue. And somehow, from ten feet away, with a single movement of her hand — she brought me back to myself.

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  • Fractured self reflecting trauma and unacknowledged emotional wounds.
    Buffering Diaries,  Cuts and Cracks,  Unfiltered Letters

    When Silence Is the Wound: A Story of Emotional Abandonment

    July 13, 2025 /

    There’s a story I never let go of — not because I wanted to hold it, but because it never stopped holding me. I howled, not for saving, but for acknowledgment. What I got was silence. And maybe, just maybe, I did play the victim — but only to the one I hoped would finally see me.

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MERLYN MATHIAS

Truth-slinger. Word snob.
Chaos whisperer.
I don’t sugarcoat —
I serve the whole damn lemon.
Fueled by caffeine, side-eyes, and
2 a.m. honesty.
Too honest? Too bad.

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Recent Posts

  • Women’s Day Roast: Same Cigarette | Call Me Unfiltered
  • Vertical Gap in Relationships: Height vs Depth
  • Cronies Flying Monkeys Manipulation: The Playbook

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  • Buffering Diaries (36)
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  • Mangii Gossip Diaries (9)
  • My Highness Zoe (4)
  • Royal Furball Chronicles (2)
  • Unfiltered Letters (12)

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