Dr. Josh C. Simmons

Dr. Josh C. Simmons

It Began as a Mistake: Living Between the Walls

Most people fake normal and call it discipline. I faked normal, got sick of it, and wrote this instead.

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Dr. Josh C. Simmons
Aug 04, 2025
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Have you ever felt like things are a bit strange?

It’s as if we’re living in the spaces between the walls and in the shadows of passing objects.

It’s as if we don’t fit into a system that seems to be functioning perfectly fine for everybody else.

It doesn’t have to be that way.

Whether we find ourselves in the Underground or at lonely heights, if we beco…

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