S. BoltonWhat I Learned From My First Yom KippurI’m writing this three hours after finishing my final Zoom service for the day, and having broken my 25 hour fast. I’m a Jewish convert…Sep 29, 2020Sep 29, 2020
S. BoltonI Woke Up Dead: My Experience With Cotard’s SyndromeTrigger warning: psychosis, schizoaffective/bipolar disorder, psychiatric medication, s*icide, poison, the supernatural.Aug 2, 2020Aug 2, 2020
S. BoltonFemale Hysteria and Male TragedyIn 2015, 75% of completed suicides in the UK were male, and it has long been known that sadly, suicide is the biggest killer of men aged…Jul 25, 2019Jul 25, 2019
S. BoltonGorgeous, Like A ThunderstormI have two large and opposing mental illnesses in my life, that have been with me for all of my adulthood. One of them, the one I’ll be…Oct 30, 2018Oct 30, 2018
S. BoltonThe Empathy HorseshoeBeing that I am a writer who often goes into the intricacies of Antisocial Personality Disorder, it’s only natural that I would talk a lot…Jun 23, 2018Jun 23, 2018
S. BoltonSociopathy as Wish-FulfilmentWhen you hear the word “antisocial”, your image is that of an unspeaking loner, timid and withdrawn from the outside world, one who has…Feb 27, 2018Feb 27, 2018
S. BoltonTop Ten Ranked Most Upsetting Elliott Smith Songs and WhyFor a mentally precarious, alcohol-addicted and pseudo-Nihilistic waster like me, Elliott Smith belongs in my orbit — or I belong in his —…May 22, 20172May 22, 20172
S. BoltonReasons We Hate It When You Tell Us We’re StrongThis is going to be a contentious post, I know, but I feel it needs to be written. Before I begin I can tell you now that the words some…Jan 10, 2017Jan 10, 2017
S. BoltonI’m Scout, And I’m An Alcoholic: Reasons Why I Didn’t Get Help For My AlcoholismLong-read.Sep 20, 2016Sep 20, 2016
S. Boltonthe problem with alcoholI can pinpoint exactly when my alcohol addiction started. I was 18, trapped in an abusive relationship and going through what I now know to…Feb 14, 20161Feb 14, 20161