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Author: Tukayote Helianthus


  • December_2025_JPG.zip

    December_2025_JPG.zip

    Took a 2400 mile solo road trip to Northern California. Worked my way up the Pacific Coast from San Francisco to the Oregon border. Cried a lot. Walked 150 miles. Went to the psych ward for two days. Kissed a beautiful stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve. Took a couple selfies. A challenging and…

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  • November_2025_JPG.zip

    November_2025_JPG.zip

    A lot happened this month, to say the least. Didn’t take many pictures. ​

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  • October_2025_JPG.zip

    October_2025_JPG.zip

    All Hawaii. Didn’t take any other photos this month.

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  • Fighting_Shadows_v1.zip

    For years, I thought my relentless dopamine chasing was a personal failure. Weak willpower. Poor discipline. Another addiction story. It turns out it was biology. Genetic testing confirmed what I’d long suspected: my brain is wired with significantly fewer dopamine receptors, making “normal” life feel chronically underpowered. That truth changed everything. Recovery stopped being a…

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  • What_Is_IFS_v1.zip

    I didn’t fix myself—I learned how to drive my bus again. Internal Family Systems gave me a language for what was already happening inside: a system of parts, each trying to protect me the only way it knew how. Addiction, anger, fear, and chaos weren’t personal failures; they were passengers fighting for control because they…

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