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Danni Gilbert

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Diary entries, AuDHD conversations & poetry disguised as posts. 🍉 @pranatruthcommunity

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A little insomnia and encouragement from an old friend finally made me put this together. The poems been in my journal a long while but this special little location was the perfect backdrop, I had to cut a verse because I literally couldn’t say it all fast enough on the voice over 😂😂 anyway…
Double posting in one day: WHO IS SHE?
Maybe it’s the full moon in Leo. Another friend advised me to relax today , I’ve been filled with adrenaline lately and I get a little fear it’s gonna disappear like it often does, I’ve fully committed to igniting my childlike (inner child) spark in 2026. Life hasn’t been easy recently, not at all actually but I refuse to lose my spark ❤️ #poem #poetry taken in Hanoi, Vietnam by @itsmedannig

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8 months ago

Woke up like this.

Photo cred 📸 - @aiyanaskye - @skyeonset taken in Hà Nội Fan by @itsmedannig

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7 years ago

My illness might have seemed short to most. Posting relentlessly for just over a month about my mental illness then all of a sudden posting stories about a wonderful weekend away. Many might find it confusing.

What some might not understand, for my entire life I was in a cave, walking and walking until it became so dark I could no longer see, then the traumatized state happened. I may have been depressed and anxious (without really knowing) for a long time repeating unhealthy patterns until finally it became too much for me to handle.

Facing darkness.. and yourself is a hard pill to swallow (harder than those crazy meds the doctor prescribed for a few weeks <lol>).

I was detached from society, I feared I would never come back, that was the scariest part of it all. I truly understand the severity of an illness that can affect your mind, and it’s not sadness, a “poor me” attitude or even stress(that’s peoples misunderstanding; those are the things that actually lead to illness).

Being mentally ill is detachment from reality, an agonizing pain throughout your entire being, feeling like you don’t fit in your body.
The anxieties you face today can have root causes that can lead you back to decades ago. You may have no idea something as far back as childhood has you going through thought processes you’re having today and it all seems totally unrelated but in reality there’s a lot of layers to peel back (I’m still peeling them).

The hardest part of it all is changing the cycle of habits that lead to true darkness. The habits that make you feel good short term but aren’t actually helping you, and that’s what many aren’t willing to do.

Facing the ego is scary; it’s all you’ve ever known. When you truly break and have to build yourself back up again, accept yourself, stop overthinking (easier said than done), accept some people won’t understand your change, and realize you don’t need to prove yourself to ANYBODY; that’s when inner peace creeps in.
People evolve; the Universe is evolution.

Setting boundaries, being kind to yourself & others and trying your best is all you can do 🌱

#mentalbreakdown #innerpeace #myjourney #healing taken in Mai Châu by @itsmedannig

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5 years ago

C & M special day July “26 💚 taken in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam by @itsmedannig

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14 days ago

And so she chose.
To be happy, to be healthy,
to be sexy, to be stealthy.
To throw her hands in the air,
and dance naked under the stars,
to give love, to spread joy,
to play with Venus and Mars.
To trust the divine,
has a much bigger plan,
and when the time is right,
he will fall right into her hands.
And until that time she continues to pour,
pure love and devotion into every pore.
Until she drips in joy and bathes in play,
and devours every moment,
until her last dying day.
// JADINE LYDIA

Model: @itsmedannig taken in Hanoi, Vietnam by @itsmedannig

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3 months ago

“Hey do you mind taking photos of me on your phone and send them to me… btw stand over there , get in the water, kneel , change angle, better focus please, not like that.. thanks 😋😘🥰😍” taken in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam by @itsmedannig

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3 months ago

My algorithm is full of women in their 30s rebuilding their lives.
Career burnout. Heartbreak. Seperation. Starting over. Feeling like time is running out.
And I think a lot of us need the reminder that 30 is not old.
Sometimes life falls apart because it’s making space for something better. Sometimes you’re forced to stop, take stock, and look at everything you’ve already achieved. Be proud of it.
You still have decades ahead of you. Decades to work, love, travel, learn, grow, change your mind, start again, and become whoever you’re meant to be.
You’re old enough to have wisdom from your mistakes, but young enough to be in the best shape of your life and create something completely different.
So if you’re in a season of rebuilding, don’t rush it.

Stay focused. Take a breath. Trust yourself. See the journey through.

Six months ago I was sitting on my toilet, crying my eyes out, wondering how I’d survive the next six months.

Guess what?

I made it.

The rebuilding is still a work in progress, but I know one thing for sure: the only way from here is up.

Peace out, bitches 💖. Photo credits: @aiyanaskye @skyeonset #scorpio #healing #heartbreak #phoenix by @itsmedannig

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4 months ago

poem about grief and the way it changes shape. Not every part of it looks like sadness. Sometimes it feels light, almost joyful, until it quietly finds its way back to you. This was my attempt to give grief a body, a grip, and to understand what it means to move through it instead of away from it. #grief #poetry #audhd by @itsmedannig

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5 months ago

I wrote this poem in April.

Honestly, poetry has become one of my favourite ways to process emotions and grief. I wrote my first poem in 2021 during what I thought was a spiritual awakening slash burnout slash depression era hahaha, which actually turned out to be autistic burnout.

Then I wrote my next poem last summer and since then I have just kept writing more and more. I even went to a poetry open mic night and shared one of my poems out loud which felt very scary but also really nice.

So I think instead of overthinking everything and trying to message loads of people for cute dog videos for my unfinished Vietnam dog poem video, I should probably just post the poems

The dog poem still exists by the way. The dogs in Vietnam are genuinely too cute. I am just too lazy to make the video right now hahaha.

Anyway thank you for reading and for being here hope it resonates

Hugs and loves 🤍 #poetry by @itsmedannig

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5 months ago

Set myself a little challenge today 🌈 ✨ spoiler alert: it worked by @itsmedannig

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5 months ago

Some highlights from 2 improv shows this year with @scissors_improv , glad to have found my people 🎭 ✨ taken in Hanoi, Vietnam by @itsmedannig

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6 months ago

I’m a local now 🇻🇳 🍀 #việtnam #vietnam taken in Hanoi, Vietnam by @itsmedannig

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7 months ago