About Me — Alina Feito Caldas

A Psychologist Who’s Just the Right Amount of Nuts

That’s me, at least if you believe AI Midjourney.

Hi, I’m Alina and I’m a psychologist with heart and soul.

Let me start with 4 contradictions about myself:

• I adore my job, but would never work 40 hours or more (I just love being lazy even more).
• I love plants, but so far have killed almost all that I own (which does not stop me from grabbing new victims).
• I am a lazy adventurer. I leave the country every chance I get. I love to wander. But once I’m home, I find myself in the horizontal.
• I am terrified of commitment, yet I have a long-term boyfriend and a cat (which leads to panic attacks of both minor and major proportions on a regular basis).

Also, my life fell apart, when I was 12 years old. At least that’s how it felt at the time.

Why I Write

I’m not here for the side hustlin’. I work in a medical practice for children and adolescents that pays me well enough. I write on Medium to create some space for a topic that is insanely close to my heart.

I’m the child of an alcoholic mother. And I need to talk about it. Urgently.