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Mom and the Easter Miracle
I was neither pious nor devoted: I just liked the sound of something that would protect me from the chaos that surrounded me every day.
Male Suicide and How You Can Help
**Trigger Warning** This article will be tough to read and may trigger some people. Caution is advised. Suicide is tricky to write about because it brings up so many negative connotations....
How Making Videos About Complex Trauma Helps Me
This blog originally appeared: at YouTube: If someone had told me just one year ago that I’d be running a YouTube channel with videos of me giving talks and reciting my own poetry in twelve...
Intersectionality and its Manifestation
The Oxford Dictionary defines intersectionality as “the interconnected nature of social categorisations such as race, class, and gender, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent...
New Year – Time to Re-energize and Revitalize the Soul!
As we wave goodbye to 2022 some of us are filled with nostalgia looking back on a year full of happiness and challenges. I don’t think anyone can achieve true happiness every single day but hey…...
Finding My Inner Anchor
"Many times when our lives are shaken by mental health its an indication that something is not working; but where so often we might find stability in our habits, routines, environment and the people we surround ourselves with we
often fail to give credit to or see the importance of finding our own inner anchor."
The Stigma Surrounding Men Seeking Help
Society is funny. On the one hand, they act like mental illness is contagious and shun those who live with it, and on the other hand, they say that they are angry that taxpayers must foot part of...
CPTSD – Living Life Through a Magnifying Glass
The Damage of Abuse Childhood abuse is one of the worst forms of torture a person can endure. It feels like being in a war zone, imprisoned by cruel dictators and forced to live under their every...
The Downward Spiral of Flashbacks & Dissociative Episodes
Sometimes the only reason to keep trying for the surface is simply the habituated and mere fact that the body is still breathing, and the strained hope that the storm clouds will part and bring light back into our world again, and refocus our eyes and senses – so we keep trying.
Life Management for the New Year
Trauma has a driven quality that affects everything about trying to manage your life.
Moving Up to 16th Street
No wonder our sibling bond was irreparably ruptured later in life.
Men and Body Image
How do you see yourself? Do you look in the mirror and see a beautiful piece of art? Or do you see a monster staring back at you? Many men's body image is negative, and they need help to raise...
What is Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?
“Complex PTSD comes in response to chronic traumatization over the course of months or, more often, years. This can include emotional, physical, and/or sexual abuses, domestic violence, living in a war zone, being held captive, human trafficking, and other organized rings of abuse, and more. While there are exceptional circumstances where adults develop C-PTSD, it is most often seen in those whose trauma occurred in childhood”.
