The J Curve

Creekside at night I swear I could hear the heartbeat of the earth

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I made myself so extra small

I never expected to wind up in a mental hospital. I was class treasurer, member of the homecoming court, varsity wrestling champion, head…

The truth hurts

This is the 3rd part of a series on mental health treatment and medications. While the prior two focused on getting into treatment and…

Go slow my love In this world Are a thousand hands Rubbing your back (as I would do) Palms pressed against All your pain And your heart…

In a previous piece I explored approaches to helping someone into therapy. But therapy may be neither necessary nor sufficient for…

When I was 6 at Sunday school a boy a year older than me leaned over at snacktime and punched me in the stomach. We had been sitting…

Hafiz remixed on the eve of my wedding

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A Debunking

What I believe about making great teams

I was involuntarily hospitalized for anxiety and ‘mood weirdness’ eight years ago. I had refused every opportunity to help me up to that…

The problem with our muddled discussions about consent is that they conflate spontaneity with sexiness, and explicitness with drudgery. In…

This post wasn’t written to promote a clever acronym. Because that acronym is CTPMAIO.

Who gets served first?

On my 34th birthday, I wrote down some gratitude…