Chapter 23: Claire Mason: A Scar for Everything I Couldn’t Be

Trigger Warning: Self-harm

Kristen Pizzo
Nov 3 · 5 min read
Photo by Aditya Ali

I’m not afraid anymore.

Fearlessness seems to have come hand in hand with the numbness.

When I used to think of cutting, it seemed so distant, so unfathomable. Though I contemplated it, my mind could never fully wrap itself around the idea of going through with it…

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Kristen Pizzo

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Multi-passionate iced coffee guzzler & future pig mom. Writing Instagram: @chameleononthepage

Claire, Redefined

A young adult novel about two strangers named Claire living parallel lives who come together over shared trauma. Chapters uploaded daily.

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