friendship
The Enemy Within
When You Only Have Yourself
relationships
move on
Move On
Sometimes the simplest answer is the hardest one to accept.
friendship
RUINED
A friendship, an ending, and what survived.
small stuff
The Quiet Work of the Mundane
How clinical depression blinded me to the mundane—and how the mundane quietly saved me anyway.
hope
Chasing the Holy Grail of Meds: Part 2 of 3
The grail wasn’t what I thought it would be.
Madison
Am I a Coward for Never Leaving My Hometown?
The question I’ve been asking myself for years — and the answer that surprised me
disability
The Undiscovered Country of Getting Better
After 35 years of suffocating depression, I finally used the last of my air to speak up.
Spiritual
My Aria of Grief
The unique agony of a “mature” breakup
disability
Why I Hate “Fake It Till You Make It”—and Why We Don’t Have a Good Alternative
disability
Why I Hate “Fake It Till You Make It”—and Why We Don’t Have a Good Alternative
Because sometimes pretending is the only thing paying the bills.
friendship
Here’s Everything Wrong With Me
Why I felt compelled to disclose my damage before anyone got close.
writer
Loving While Lost
On the men I couldn’t hold, and the guy I was when I tried.