LGBTQ+
The Worst Coming Out Story I Never Meant To Tell
A story about puppy love, Rachmaninoff, and one very fateful phone call
Jerry Fess
chronic pain
I’m Not Asking the Internet to Save Me
On writing honestly without asking to be fixed
identity
I Never Signed Up for This
On survival, identity, and the weight of visible suffering
needs
What Do You Need?
I asked ChatGPT to interview me about depression and accidentally uncovered something deeper.
hope
The Unanswered Question
Does Everything Happen for a Reason?
ocd
The Existential Menace
When My Mom Asked Me, “Now What?”
muscle atrophy
My Deal With The Devil
Second Chances With Complicated Terms and Conditions
joy
Once Upon a Time
Inside the Summer Music Theater Pit
small stuff
The Quiet Work of the Mundane
How clinical depression blinded me to the mundane—and how the mundane quietly saved me anyway.
chaos
Can You Lose Your Shit and Still Have Emotional Intelligence?
Yes. And why understanding your chaos is better than trying to be flawless.
characters
The Theater of the Invisible
On the exhaustion of over-explaining, the "performance" of chronic illness, and why real boundaries require conversation—not telepathy.
psychiatrist
Under Observation
Trying to Stay Human in a Psych Ward