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Apparition of a Caregiver

There is a lot of irony in the word caregiver when it comes to terminal illness. So often, what is needed to care for someone brings pain to both the patient and the caregiver. Caregiver The dictionary defines a caregiver as: “someone who takes care of a person who is…

Nonfiction

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Caregivers Ghost
Caregivers Ghost
Nonfiction

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This Is Not Your Trauma, It Just Feels That Way

Even though traumatic events are individual experiences, the feelings they evoke are often universal. Shouldn’t that be the part of the journey we share, and not just the bloody details? — I have always struggled with how to tell my story. Self-doubt, a lifetime of emotional scars, and physical trauma have made it difficult for me to recognize anything of value in that story. To see any value in myself. When you spend your life surrounded by those who compare you…

Trauma

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This Is Not Your Trauma, It Just Feels That Way
This Is Not Your Trauma, It Just Feels That Way
Trauma

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Death, Grief, and Panic Attacks

Death. Over the past twelve years, I’ve dealt with death. The death of my father. The death of my mother. Unrelated and separated by almost a decade, I was just coming out of the effects of my dad’s sickness when the nightmare of my mother’s illness and subsequent trauma began. …

Death

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Death, Grief, and Panic Attacks
Death, Grief, and Panic Attacks
Death

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Death & Wildflowers

Superblooms are covering California, thanks to the combined efforts of rainstorms and global warming. All the hillsides around me look like they are shimmering in shades of lavender, blue and poppy orange on the endless green grass. …

Death

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Death & Wildflowers
Death & Wildflowers
Death

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Age of Empathy

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Shedding The Weight of My Tormentor

My weight loss saved my life, but probably not in the way you think — In the past, stress always turned me rail thin. I had struggled my entire life to keep weight on. When my dad got sick, I turned almost skeletal. This latest trauma was different. This time, my body swelled. The specific details of what I went through are complicated and messy…

Identity

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Shedding The Weight of My Tormentor
Shedding The Weight of My Tormentor
Identity

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Jun 1

I Don’t Know How to Mourn

Death can teach you who people really are. In healthy families that care about each other, death often brings people closer together. Members join together to support each other, to share the burden of pain and the warm memories that keep their loved ones alive. At the other end of…

Emotions

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I Don’t Know How to Mourn
I Don’t Know How to Mourn
Emotions

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Jun 1

Taking Care of Yourself

How do you do that when you are so often the one discarded? You hear it all the time. You should consider your own mental health, your own needs, and what is best for you. …

Mental Health

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Taking Care of Yourself
Taking Care of Yourself
Mental Health

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Apr 10

I am not a child

I’ve always looked younger than I am. It’s been a defining part of my existence. This is in large part because I am short — 5’ 3” on a good day. It is also because I have always been too lazy to wear makeup. My style hasn’t changed much over…

Identity

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I am not a child
I am not a child
Identity

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