A DANGEROUS MISCONCEPTION
An essay about the most common misconception about post-traumatic stress disorder - that it is reserved for combat veterans - and the harmful personal and societal impacts of that misconception.
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IF I LIVE, IF I LEAVE
"Do you guys ever think about dying?" With my obsessive-compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, I am in constant fear that every day will be my last.
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PLEASE CATCH MY DREAMS
A personal account of the way post-traumatic stress disorder has, in the past and in many ways currently, impacted my ability to sleep.
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HEALING WITH POETRY
Why I started writing poetry and the healing power of the hobby.
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THE FIRST YEAR
A personal account of the first year following a traumatic incident.
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POLITICAL SHIFT
An essay bout growing up in a place where people complain about indoctrination but let their kids sit in front of Fox News before knowing what politics means. An essay about identity foreclosure, cognitive biases, misinformation, unlearning toxic ideologies instilled from a young age, and learning to look toward the future when so many are trying to bring us back.
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MEN BLAMING WOMEN
There is a mental health crisis among men - as there is for all genders - but some are placing blame where it does not belong. This essay discusses topics about men's mental health and the men who pretend to care about it only when it gives them the opportunity to illogically blame women as a whole for their struggles.
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THE FEAR OF WEAKNESS
An essay about the toxic masculinity instilled into boys from a young age and the once innocent men in your life being sucked into manosphere rabbit holes.​​​​​​​​
