You find yourself in a career, relationship, friendship, city, that doesn’t feel like it’s aligned with who you are or who you’re becoming. You wait for the feeling to pass, because it’ll pass right? It’s just anxiety. But this feeling-it lingers through days, even months, and sometimes it’s so pronounced…

Ever since I’ve become more active as a writer, the troll problem has also expectedly increased. At the end of the day, I’m a person, and when I read a comment intended solely or primarily to demean me, it causes negativity to fill my body. My shoulders feel tighter, I…

a poem — years ago there was a magician symptom of my disorders his every act either solidifying my form or making me vanish as I stood outside of this body looking in wondering why she pleaded to stay in a puddle like his it’s funny in the humorless way what we remember about our losses…

When a person has an insecure attachment style, relationships become domains rife with anxiety. This modality of connection is weighed down by the insecure person’s constant fear of the relationship slipping from their grasp. They require continuous reassurance to quell their fears, but, counter-intuitively, the insecure partner will often seek…

The benefits of managing my writing house I made the decision to start my own publication, An Amygdala, for a couple of reasons. One, I’m striving to be a prolific writer. Hey, I need the practice. …

I squandered an enormous amount of time aspiring to be valuable and worthy to boys and men who were intellectually and emotionally inferior to me. I prioritized what they thought of me over what I thought of myself. I did that because that’s what I was taught to do. I…

This is going to be a short post. I’m still processing my feelings. I just learned of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. When I woke up this morning, I had a feeling that it was going to be a shit day. Don’t know where it came…

Self-love is not sticking your face in the mud and pretending everything’s okay. It’s not a complete denial that you may be harming yourself with over-indulgence. My story won’t be true for everybody, but I saw huge negative changes when I let myself gain a lot of weight. …

The internal dialogue keeps you stuck. You find yourself in a career, relationship, friendship, or city, that doesn’t feel like it’s aligned with who you are or who you’re becoming. What’s the next step? Do you wait for the feeling to pass, because it will pass, right? It’s just anxiety. What if the feeling lingers? You…