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Prisons
When I returned to blogging, the whole thing was write a bit about our lives. And if I’m honest, that’s always freaked me out. I’m terrified to write about my actual life. I don’t have kids. I’m not...
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Airbrushing
In my last post I wrote about mundane I deemed my own life to be. That wasn’t an emotional, depressed assessment. In a way it disturbed me more because it wasn’t. I’d gone beyond emotion, pity,...
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(Not) Deficient
Today I received a letter from a medical professional. It read that they believed I was on the autistic spectrum, and recommend I take formal tests to confirm this. It wasn’t a full diagnosis. But it...
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Beneath The Clouds
I was sitting at my desk recently at work, busying myself with whatever was important that day. I always listen to music at my desk. Music takes me into my own world, it isolates me from all around...
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I’m Still Here
I’m lonely. I’m sitting in a coffee house during my week off work, on my own, online. A few login issues on my laptop have done their work with my head for today. When your brain is like mine, it only...
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I Am Free
For a long time I’ve talked about sharing my story. Of writing a memoir about my childhood trauma, it’s impact on me, and my recovery and healing. People who love me have told me, with the best of...
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All Shall Be Well
“The unknown is the only place where we find out what we’re truly made of.” – Josh Radnor Today I received some perilous financial news. Not for the first time recently. And yet today, in the midst of...
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Success & Wonder
“I did not ask for success, I asked for wonder.” – Abraham Joshua Heschel I’ve noticed over the years that one of the topics which seems to come up a lot in conversations at bars, dinners, or hang...
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3 Steps To Overcoming Mental Health Stigma (Guest Post by Zoe Thompson)
So much progress has been made in raising awareness and ending stigma around mental illness in recent years. In a changing society, more people are asking how they can do better. Although we still...
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From Freedom To Regeneration
In January 2018 I chose ‘freedom’ for my one word for the year. It was, like all my one words, both a declaration of intent, and a statement about who I was becoming. And as ever, it took on new...
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