Sorting through what was mine, what was projection, and what was never real to begin with.
How harm can wear a friendly face.
The contrast between public presentation and private impact is often where confusion—and self-doubt—takes root.
Post-therapy processing. I keep noticing a painful pattern. When I speak directly—calmly, clearly, logically—it’s often received as aggression. Meanwhile, dishonesty softened with politeness, or harm delivered with a smile, is…
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” — James Baldwin
How to Alienate Others and Die Completely Alone A Working Draft Introduction I used to believe relationships failed because of misunderstanding. This is my attempt to document how I learned…
I do not think it is that I was stubbornly holding onto false hope—I was being actively manipulated, fed contradictions, and caught in a cycle designed to keep me confused.…
A silly magnet from my BFF, while she cannot relate, she totally gets me. x
I wonder if there’s a medication and also a dose high enough that could help me have felt less affected by the CVS cashier. He wasn’t just ringing me up;…