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Losing Agency Part 1: The Erasure
The story of before erasure, to the blank, empty side.
Jan 29
Hypervigilance: The Survival Mechanism That Never Shuts Off
Always scanning for threats? Can't relax even when you're safe? That's hypervigilance—a survival skill that may become a superpower. Here's the reality.
Jan 25
Functional Depression
Functional depression means showing up every day while drowning inside. Here's what it looks like, what it costs, and why most people never recognize…
Jan 22
Masking: Or How I Learned to Pretend Everything's Fine
I didn't call it masking when I was five years old. I called it pretending.
Jan 18
Dead to the World
I am dead to the world and I feel dead inside.
Jan 17
Sharing the inside of humanity most people never see, hear, or talk about about.
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