Healing From Trauma Is Messy
You want to tell everyone everything that happened, and you want to never think about it again.
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We’re All Depressed. Let’s Play The Sims
I always know that my seasonal depression has begun when I spend more time playing The Sims than I do living my flesh and blood life.
Read MoreAn Anxious Writer Joins Patreon
My dream in life is to be able to support myself with my writing. I do not know if that day will ever come, not because of my talent, or my voice, or my courage, but because I am garbage at email.
Read MoreThese Are Not Conditions in Which to Thrive
This is a time to survive. Your only responsibility is to get through today.
Read MoreThe Ripple Pandemic: Coronavirus and Mental Health
What will COVID-19 mean for our mental health?
Read MoreThere Is No Cure For Burnout
I’m afraid that there is no cure for burnout. After all, you can’t untoast toast.
Read MoreHerpes And Shame, Six Years Later
Healing isn’t fun or narratively appealing: it’s a whole lot of pulling off scabs and dissecting long broken bones that didn’t set properly. It’s hard.
Read MoreSuicide Radio
The challenge of suicide radio isn’t not obeying it. The challenge of suicide radio is identifying it for what it is: an impostor.
Read MoreThe Year I Didn’t, Couldn’t and Desperately Wanted to Write
For the last year I’ve been a sex writer who doesn’t write. I haven’t had much sex either, but that’s a different essay.
Read MoreThe Real Reason I’m Not Leaving Twitter
I think it’s fair to say that I’ve seen the dark side of Twitter. So why am I still here?
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