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Recent Posts

  • An estuary where the sea meets dirt and debris, symbolizing the heavy stillness of anxiety.Living With Anxiety — A Little Bit More Than Before
    In Buffering Diaries, Cuts and Cracks
  • Yellow balcony with a coffee mug on the railing, symbolizing a quiet moment of connection with the woman across the balcony.The Lady Across the Balcony
    In Buffering Diaries, Cuts and Cracks
  • Daughter sitting at her mother’s resting place, brushing off dust, with sunlight falling through leaves.Mummy’s Floor
    In Buffering Diaries
  • Black and white photo of a silhouette against a dusky sky, symbolising emotional heaviness and the slow struggle to detach.
    Bold Roast,  Buffering Diaries

    Detach: The Ache of Letting Go Between Victimhood and Validation

    August 1, 2025 /

    Detach, they said. But how do you let go of what you never got to hold properly? This piece sits in the space between survival and silence — between needing to be seen and finally seeing yourself.

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  • Poetic black-and-white visual expressing emotional exhaustion
    Buffering Diaries

    I Tried. And Then I Didn’t. And Then I Just Was.

    July 31, 2025 /

    I tried to be there — for others, for the world, for the ghosts that raised me. But when it came to me, I was shut out. This is what it feels like to unravel, and still offer thanks while drowning.

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  • Text graphic for blog post The Addiction to Being Liked
    Bold Roast,  Cuts and Cracks

    The Addiction to Being Liked

    July 20, 2025 /

    The obsession with being liked is a leech at a blood buffet—bloated, done, and dead. You? Still left dizzy and emotionally anaemic. I used to beg for approval. Now? I like churros. And I don't care if churros like me back. Welcome to the era of not being Wi-Fi—because I’m not for everyone, and I’ve finally made peace with it.

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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

  • Living With Anxiety — A Little Bit More Than Before
  • The Lady Across the Balcony
  • Mummy’s Floor

Sections

  • #Merlunfiltered – The Visual Mess (18)
  • Bold Roast (23)
  • Buffering Diaries (31)
  • Cuts and Cracks (18)
  • Mangii Gossip Diaries (8)
  • My Highness Zoe (3)
  • Royal Furball Chronicles (2)
  • Unfiltered Letters (12)

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