Mental Health… OCPD, Whataboutism, and Professionalism 25 Mar 2022 One of my recent posts mentioned that I have struggled professionally because every time I investigate a field of interest and learn "how the sausage gets made" I become disgusted.…
Anxiety… One Death: How One Event Shaped My Anxiety and OCPD 21 Mar 2022 TW: death I feel like I learned the truth about death far too late in life, a combination of natural insulation from the subject and a consequence of my social…
Anxiety Social Anxiety and Animals (Especially Those We Call Humans) 16 Mar 202217 Mar 2022 I cannot stress this enough, not only on my behalf but also in the interest of all who share these descriptions. Those with social anxiety are anxious in social situations.…
#HeForShe… A Traditionally Masculine Question About Gender 15 Mar 2022 We're doing things a little differently today. Normally with this blog I attempt to share opinion and experience (alongside any expertise that I can). That's why I focus on aspects…
Anxiety Parasocial Anxiety 7 Mar 2022 Parasocial relationships play an ever-increasing role in our world. Whereas these sorts of relationships have always existed to some degree, the advent of social media, which allows direct communication and…
Uncategorized Disney Pokémon Teams 2 Mar 2022 Hello, all! With everything going on lately, I decided now would be a good time for some fun distraction. My Disney fanaticism is pretty well documented on this blog, but…
OCPD Putin Broke My OCPD 26 Feb 202225 Feb 2022 My life is largely a balancing act between two mental health issues. On the one hand is my social and generalised anxiety, and that drives me to be a people…
Anxiety I Hate My Body (Too) 18 Feb 2022 Where does this even go in the spectrum of my mental health stuff? It's hard to say with any precision because the only person who knew any of it prior…
Writing My Literary Process 18 Feb 2022 As an unpublished author, I try to refrain from talking about my process publicly because the lack of publication always felt to me a condemnation. The truth is that my…
Aislyn's Oak Tree About Aislyn’s Oak Tree 15 Feb 2022 The name of this blog probably seems fairly arbitrary to many of you. The words themselves are nothing complicated - "Celtic" and "Riverside". Most people will have at least a…