Twenty-Five Years of Pain and Anguish

An incomplete history of my personal trauma.

Matthew Maniaci
Thing a Day
Published in
14 min readJan 9, 2024

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The silhouette of a man looking out of a window at several plain concrete buildings. The sky is overcast and everything is gray.
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Content warning: graphic descriptions of mental illness, depression, self-harm, and suicide.

You have been warned.

If you are depressed, anxious, or dealing with thoughts of suicide, please call the

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Matthew Maniaci
Thing a Day

I write about everything from my experience with mental illness to politics to philosophy. Much of my so-called "wisdom" is from Tumblr dot com. He/him/his.