Here’s the thing. If there’s a reasonably smart person you know who is talking about how much they hurt – especially if it’s only to a few people […]
Everything Is Awful and I’m Not Okay, in multiple formats.
As someone who has talked about their own suicidal thoughts in the past (whether about how hard it can be to talk about suicidal thoughts, or how people […]
The worst fear is the one you don’t call a fear
I knew a woman who only had sex when she had been drinking. This held true regardless of whether she was married or not, in a “serious” relationship […]
The danger of (emotional) self-diagnosis
It’s true – medical folks tend to hate WebMD and Google. There’s a really simple reason why. It’s known to everybody who has taken a class in psychology […]
I Couldn’t Understand Her At The Restaurant: Experiencing Sensory Overload
I experience sensory overload easily, and it’s been getting worse as I get older. I’ve sort of known the symptoms for a while; I just thought it was […]
My Take on Spoon Theory (from MoCon)
Note: we used spoon theory to describe chronic psychiatric illness. A good description of spoon theory is here This weekend I learned that sometimes you don’t have enough […]