Hope is Depression’s Enemy — #2 in a 4-part series — In the first installment of this series, I shared some of the problems which prevent me from being “okay” as filtered through MCR’s I’m Not Okay. There are a number of songs which refer to being okay, but that one most clearly hits the emotional core of definitely not being…

#1 in a 4-part series about the music which defines being “Okay” — I have a playlist on my music app full of songs I like to sing. This is not to say I can sing them well. While my vocal surgery resulted in the removal of bass tones, it did not magically raise my octave range. According to a web app devoted…

Say you are the British government and you have a choice to make: A) Trans People B) Harry Potter If you have not been to Great Britain recently, you might think they would support Trans People — or at least refrain from taking a side. After all, it was not…

“Speak!” Casey grins, tongue lolling slightly. Pants. Collapses on the floor, her paws bent slightly as they extend upwards, exposed belly indicating either submission or desired scratching — latter likelier than former. I oblige until my hand tires, cramping severely. That glaring stare accuses me of slacking. Hmmph! …

The Doctor’s receptionist tells him there’s an invisible man in the waiting room. “Tell him I can’t see him,” the Doctor says. Then he puts the phone down. Then he takes it off the hook. I can’t see anyone anymore, he thinks. There is no reason to it. They are…

This is a True Story — Some years ago I began to suffer from a persistent, often painful, and definitely life disrupting condition. It seemed to develop from out of nowhere and yet, to be fair, it was always there — a background issue that was barely noticible. …

The first in a series — Kristallnacht was trending on Twitter yesterday. Translated from German as the “Night of Broken Glass”, this was an event that occurred on November 9–10, 1938 which some suggest was the beginning of the Holocaust. Coming from a not-German Jewish family which left their homes in cities and shtetlach (towns) in…

The Therapeutic Benefits of Horror — For the purposes of this article, I will refer to Michael Myers by Dr. Loomis’s appellation, “The Evil.” Rather than taking a global perspective of why people find pleasure in horror films, I am going to address the more personal perspective of why I have been drawn to them from…

For a quick primer on how I identify — other than as a Trans-Type Person (TTP) — and how I feel about identity, please see this piece. Warning! This Label May Be Dangerous to Wear So let me get this out of the way before you read any further. You should know whom you’re dealing with after all. I’m…medium.com While not necessary reading, it will certainly bring you up to date on all the different identities I can lay claim to at…