Surviving (Maybe Even Enjoying) Thanksgiving With an Eating Disorder
On a holiday centered around food, it’s near impossible for me, a person with an eating disorder, to maintain a healthy mindset.
Topic: healing
I Know Now
My brother was extraordinary. When he died, so suddenly and without warning, I felt that nothing would be extraordinary again. Except for my pain.
Riding Waves
All signs point to joy. All calculations add up to delight. So why the hell do I feel so afraid and sad?
11 Reasons to Stay Alive
There are books to read, trips to travel, footprints to imprint in the ground. Your footprints.
What Comes After
I would love to believe that it only goes up from here, but things are rarely so perfect.
Living With the Door Open
I’m attracted to men. That single sentence has been a source of anxiety and depression for a large part of my life.
One Year Sober
A year ago I was hopeless, broke, and I wanted to die. I believed that at the age of thirty-six it was too late to make a life worth living. I was so scared of myself because I had no idea who I really was without drugs or alcohol.
What I Learned From Losing
Losing my leg led to a slow and painful downward spiral toward rock bottom, and it has taken years to climb my way out.
Facing My Trauma
You could say I’ve been through a trauma or two.
Love Worth Living. Life Worth Loving.
Come on decades of therapy, do your thing. Come on endless sessions in rehab, remind me that I am more than my rage.
To Choose Vulnerability
I am now searching for the keys to unlock my caged emotions so that I might once in a while admit candidly before others that I am not always doing okay. And maybe, just maybe, it will be all right for me to be human.
Flowers at Your Feet
The good exists even if it’s small, silly, or invisible.
