Survivor Brain

March 23, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

I am not exaggerating. I am not trying to ruin a good man’s life. I just want things to make sense. I want to be okay.

Tweeting Through It

March 21, 2022.Reading time 11 minutes.

7/23/21: Okay, I have cried on the subway before, but crying while wearing a paper disposable face mask on the subway is a whole other experience.

January 22, 2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

Abusers can use love bombing as a way to destabilize partners and convince them to stay.

October 8, 2021.Reading time 7 minutes.

Deputize someone to tell you the unvarnished truth if they think you are dating the wrong person.

June 14, 2021.Reading time 27 minutes.

The sociopath boyfriend isn’t looking for a perfect little wife. He wants an accomplice.

March 8, 2021.Reading time 32 minutes.

“I guess this is what I get for falling for a girl like you.” An insult tossed off so casually, so precisely designed to gut me.

February 18, 2021.Reading time 8 minutes.

Watching Promising Young Woman felt like taking a fork in my fist and then jabbing it into my right temple. The film left me bleeding for days.

December 21, 2020.Reading time 9 minutes.

While I’ve alluded to the less than ideal circumstances surrounding my herpes diagnosis, I’ve never told the story from start to finish.

November 18, 2020.Reading time 15 minutes.

No one ever talks about how sexual harassment disrupts your ability to just do your damn job.

March 3, 2020.Reading time 10 minutes.

At the end of the day, the best way for us to help our friend and their victim is to react in private.