Alex Valen
@thealexvalen.bsky.social
Writer. Reality bends, sound minds run fleeing.
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Alex Valen
@thealexvalen.bsky.social
· Jan 24
So happy to finally be progressing on my first novel, a semi-autobiographical absurd, psychological work of fiction #booksky 💙📚
A therapist, once:
you don’t feel your emotions
Me, listening to a playlist of songs exclusively written in minor keys with a shoulder massager strapped to my trapezius:
what do you mean
you don’t feel your emotions
Me, listening to a playlist of songs exclusively written in minor keys with a shoulder massager strapped to my trapezius:
what do you mean
March 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
A therapist, once:
you don’t feel your emotions
Me, listening to a playlist of songs exclusively written in minor keys with a shoulder massager strapped to my trapezius:
what do you mean
you don’t feel your emotions
Me, listening to a playlist of songs exclusively written in minor keys with a shoulder massager strapped to my trapezius:
what do you mean
Just saw that Brian James just died, mistook it for “Brian Jones” and panicked, then realised and felt relief. Only to remember Brian Jones is indeed also dead since 1969.
March 7, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Just saw that Brian James just died, mistook it for “Brian Jones” and panicked, then realised and felt relief. Only to remember Brian Jones is indeed also dead since 1969.
I do my best work on zopiclone (not sleeping)
I am zopiclone zopiclone is me we are one
February 20, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I do my best work on zopiclone (not sleeping)
My doctor told me a good way to prevent a faint when you feel it coming on is to clench your butt cheeks. It helps, but I have a wild fear that one day it will disastrously backfire and will somehow cause me to faint AND shit my pants.
February 20, 2025 at 6:46 AM
My doctor told me a good way to prevent a faint when you feel it coming on is to clench your butt cheeks. It helps, but I have a wild fear that one day it will disastrously backfire and will somehow cause me to faint AND shit my pants.
Officially done the first draft of the first chapter of my first novel. Cue the fireworks or whatever is customary for such an accomplishment
💙📚 #booksky
💙📚 #booksky
February 7, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Officially done the first draft of the first chapter of my first novel. Cue the fireworks or whatever is customary for such an accomplishment
💙📚 #booksky
💙📚 #booksky
Whenever I’m deeply sad I invariably buy a new designer lipstick. What kind of therapy does that fall under, somatic?
February 7, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Whenever I’m deeply sad I invariably buy a new designer lipstick. What kind of therapy does that fall under, somatic?
I set up a Google alert incase my former psychiatrist ever dies (he’s back in the UK now so I’d never know) but he has the same name as a football team owner so it does get confusing.
January 31, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I set up a Google alert incase my former psychiatrist ever dies (he’s back in the UK now so I’d never know) but he has the same name as a football team owner so it does get confusing.
I’ve just made a substack if anyone wants to follow me over there as well while I learn the ropes! #booksky #substack 💙📚
Alex Valen | Substack
Writer of mind-bending fiction
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January 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
My TikTok feed: Harry styles, bill skarsgard edits. Hot girls in vintage outfits. Dogs. Skincare. A bit of politics maybe.
My instagram feed for some reason: boobs. Giant obstructive bouncing boobs. They’re bouncing in a way you didn’t know boobs could bounce. Here’s more!!!
My instagram feed for some reason: boobs. Giant obstructive bouncing boobs. They’re bouncing in a way you didn’t know boobs could bounce. Here’s more!!!
January 31, 2025 at 12:34 AM
My TikTok feed: Harry styles, bill skarsgard edits. Hot girls in vintage outfits. Dogs. Skincare. A bit of politics maybe.
My instagram feed for some reason: boobs. Giant obstructive bouncing boobs. They’re bouncing in a way you didn’t know boobs could bounce. Here’s more!!!
My instagram feed for some reason: boobs. Giant obstructive bouncing boobs. They’re bouncing in a way you didn’t know boobs could bounce. Here’s more!!!
Between the hours of 2-6am I like to wake abruptly from a dead sleep and listen to Somebody Else by the 1975 on repeat
January 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Between the hours of 2-6am I like to wake abruptly from a dead sleep and listen to Somebody Else by the 1975 on repeat
Writing a novel takes so fucking long but the cool part of that is I indefinitely get to keep telling people “I’m writing a novel”
#booksky #writersky #promosky
#booksky #writersky #promosky
January 26, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Writing a novel takes so fucking long but the cool part of that is I indefinitely get to keep telling people “I’m writing a novel”
#booksky #writersky #promosky
#booksky #writersky #promosky
Every night around 12:30am I begin lusting after the new Hatch Restore 3 alarm clock, debating the purchase, imagining a world in which I can sleep for the low low price of $300CAD
January 26, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Every night around 12:30am I begin lusting after the new Hatch Restore 3 alarm clock, debating the purchase, imagining a world in which I can sleep for the low low price of $300CAD
I used to cry about seagulls with one leg until I realised most of them fake it
January 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I used to cry about seagulls with one leg until I realised most of them fake it
Super lonely and depressed
Might email my ex-therapist asking him if he thinks I’m autistic at 3am
#autism #psychologysky #therapy
Might email my ex-therapist asking him if he thinks I’m autistic at 3am
#autism #psychologysky #therapy
January 25, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Super lonely and depressed
Might email my ex-therapist asking him if he thinks I’m autistic at 3am
#autism #psychologysky #therapy
Might email my ex-therapist asking him if he thinks I’m autistic at 3am
#autism #psychologysky #therapy
January 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
New here so here’s my intro!
ENTP || Cancer ☉ Aquarius ☾ Leo ↑
° ° °
“lore” 💙📚₊ ˚ .:
━ ❝ writer
━ ❝ former music journalist, English lit major
━ ❝ lover of wiener dogs 🌭
━ ❝ Rock n Roller
━ ❝ writing my first novel
DNI: perverts
↻ + ♡ appreciated!
#PromoSky
ENTP || Cancer ☉ Aquarius ☾ Leo ↑
° ° °
“lore” 💙📚₊ ˚ .:
━ ❝ writer
━ ❝ former music journalist, English lit major
━ ❝ lover of wiener dogs 🌭
━ ❝ Rock n Roller
━ ❝ writing my first novel
DNI: perverts
↻ + ♡ appreciated!
#PromoSky
January 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
New here so here’s my intro!
ENTP || Cancer ☉ Aquarius ☾ Leo ↑
° ° °
“lore” 💙📚₊ ˚ .:
━ ❝ writer
━ ❝ former music journalist, English lit major
━ ❝ lover of wiener dogs 🌭
━ ❝ Rock n Roller
━ ❝ writing my first novel
DNI: perverts
↻ + ♡ appreciated!
#PromoSky
ENTP || Cancer ☉ Aquarius ☾ Leo ↑
° ° °
“lore” 💙📚₊ ˚ .:
━ ❝ writer
━ ❝ former music journalist, English lit major
━ ❝ lover of wiener dogs 🌭
━ ❝ Rock n Roller
━ ❝ writing my first novel
DNI: perverts
↻ + ♡ appreciated!
#PromoSky
January 24, 2025 at 6:25 AM
January 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
My favourite books I read in 2024 were:
- the ghost writer, Phillip Roth
- banal nightmare, Halle Butler
- big Swiss, Jen Beagin
I would love to hear your favs/recommendations! 💙📚 #booksky
- the ghost writer, Phillip Roth
- banal nightmare, Halle Butler
- big Swiss, Jen Beagin
I would love to hear your favs/recommendations! 💙📚 #booksky
January 14, 2025 at 7:13 AM
My favourite books I read in 2024 were:
- the ghost writer, Phillip Roth
- banal nightmare, Halle Butler
- big Swiss, Jen Beagin
I would love to hear your favs/recommendations! 💙📚 #booksky
- the ghost writer, Phillip Roth
- banal nightmare, Halle Butler
- big Swiss, Jen Beagin
I would love to hear your favs/recommendations! 💙📚 #booksky
Testing, is this thing on? *piercing mic feedback screech*
January 11, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Testing, is this thing on? *piercing mic feedback screech*