Stupid Little Reasons to Stay
Content warning: this piece contains mentions of suicidal ideation, PTSD, and depression The bedroom is quiet and gray. Only a strip of pearly morning glows around the edges [...]
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Overheard in the Coffee Shop
Content warning: suicide My name is not Alan Smithee. Unlike the Hollywood directors who ran from their projects, I want to attach my name to this post. I just can’t. There [...]
Sweatpants & Sanity | Leaning on Anger to Survive
Maybe it’s because I am short. Maybe it’s because I gesticulate even more wildly than Josh Lyman. Maybe it’s because to everyone else I sound like this: In any [...]
Sweatpants & Soul | Fading Light: Degrees of Depression
Note to self: The thing to understand about the downspin is that it’s just another ride, and the ride – it’s moving. You’ve been here before, and likely will be [...]
Sweatpants & Sanity | I Guess You Had To Be There
By Richard Simms I wanted to die. Just typing those words makes me want to laugh in a weird, uncomfortable way. But at the time, some 30 years ago, it was true. I wanted to [...]
How I use YouTube To Help People Who Suffer From PTSD
I’m a mental health YouTuber. This means that I make videos with the purpose of clearing up mental health misconceptions, starting important conversations around mental [...]
Sweatpants & Parenting | How Samantha Beat The Bullies
As I sat at my laptop working, my 8 year old came up to me and dropped a crumpled ball of paper into my hand. “Here ya go,” she said, with the same air of satisfaction as [...]
Feel Good Fix | Wil Wheaton Responds To Little Girl’s Question About Being Called A Nerd
“When you were a kid, were you called a nerd? And if so, how did you deal with it?” This little girl asks Wil Wheaton a poignant question and gets a very thoughtful [...]
