Why Can I Maintain My Mental Health but Can’t Maintain My Home?

The growing cracks in my walls and brain.

Matthew Maniaci
Thing a Day
Published in
5 min readFeb 10, 2022

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Photo by Luis Villasmil on Unsplash

My partner and I bought a house in an urban area almost eight years ago now. The way I wrote that implies that my partner had a say; because my father is the person he is, she really didn’t, but that’s another story entirely.

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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.