Anastasia Jill

What If I Let My Intrusive Thoughts Win?

Life with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder means navigating an onslaught of intrusive thoughts day and night, even with medication.

Deleting A First Novel

Anastasia Jill on Bad Books and the Joys of Waste Management

Menaces Trees, Rebellion, and My Life After Caregiving - Rebellious Magazine

The trees in my backyard are menaces. One has storm damage, another grows mistletoe, a misleading foliage in neon yellow-green. They should come down, someday. It's expensive, and I don't want to see them go. I've already lost enough, least of all these beautifully living things.

Nights in the Hospital - The Sunlight Press

Soon enough, I was going to be an orphan.

What If I Die: The Impact of COVID-19 on My Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - Litro Magazine

I spent the better part of my night bent over the sick, scrubbing my hands and face raw with the Dial soap by the sink. My mind was occupied with germs and the damage they could do.

Routine * The Showbear Family Circus

"Routine" by Anastasia Jill. Why more autism? Why not much less? No one needs to know your private business.

Whether You Like It Or Not

My mother passed away from sepsis and liver failure. Until then, I lived my whole life in Orlando, Florida. The City Beautiful, as it's called, was a blanket; my own corner of the world bustling and...

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