anxiety… Mental Health and Sexuality 9 Aug 20219 Aug 2021 We need to begin this post with a pure truth: definitions describe; they do not prescribe. Some definitions are by their nature comparative. For example, I could describe myself as…
anxiety The Five (Unofficial) Levels of Panic Attack 5 Aug 2021 Not all panic attacks hit the same. I determined five distinct categories of panic attack that I use to relate my experience to those who are fortunate enough not to…
Mental Health & Pop Culture Let It Go: Disney’s Frozen and Mental Health 1 Jul 20212 Jul 2021 Disney released Frozen at an interesting time during my life. Having grown up a devout Disney fan, I knew every classic up through Lilo & Stitch like the back of…
anxiety Anxiety: The Moving Target 24 Jun 202123 Jun 2021 TW: suicide The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition (DSM-V) does a brilliant job, as it should, of casting a wide net with its diagnostic criteria. As…
anxiety… My Mental Health Diagnoses 16 Jun 202115 Jun 2021 Today is a more clinical post. While this blog explores the nature of living with mental health issues on a personal, anecdotal level, I thought I would take one post…
OCPD One Man’s OCPD: Part I – An Atheist’s* Faith 11 Jun 2021 This blog addresses the topic of OCPD frequently and often with anecdotes to highlight the lived experience of the disorder. The thing about OCPD though, like many mental illnesses, is…
OCPD An Escapist’s Tale of OCPD (or What Makes a Good Man?) 10 Jul 202010 Jun 2021 I have memories of walking around my college campus before evening class in the autumn. I was still using a portable CD player, and my regulars at the time were…
OCPD Tara Reade: A Window Into OCPD 4 May 202010 Jun 2021 By now you should be aware of the broad details: former aide Tara Reade credibly accused former Vice President and current Democratic nominee Joe Biden of sexual harassment. The details…
anxiety Anxiety or COVID? Advice from Someone with Medical Anxiety 20 Mar 202010 Jun 2021 One cannot downplay the seriousness of the situation. We have a novel virus spreading like wildfire among our communities right now in addition to all of the normal and other…
Mental Health & Pop Culture Little Women and a Lot of Anxiety 13 Jan 202010 Jun 2021 People with anxiety know the pattern well. A thought occurs, then another and another. One's mind unwittingly goes down a rabbit hole of progressively unreasonable thoughts with the same subtlety…
