As the debate rages on over how to address the mass shootings that have so darkened this nation, one popular suggestion is to pass “red flag” laws, which would allow law enforcement to quickly confiscate guns from people who are deemed to be a threat, pending some sort of due process to decide whether these […]
I am heartbroken. I am angry. And I am sure I am not the only one. I am heartbroken because this weekend, America witnessed the true horror of not one, but two mass shootings. These nightmares, and our nation’s epidemic of gun violence, truly are the darkest tales of this nation. I am angry because […]
Over the last two nights, twenty of the Democrats running for president held their second debate. Now, I don’t care who you are supporting. I don’t care if you’ll be voting for Trump in 2020 or one of the many faces we saw over the course of the last two nights. I don’t care because […]
As a kid, I loved playing catcher in Little League and Babe Ruth League Baseball. Perhaps because of all the time I spent crouched down, or perhaps because that is how it was meant to happen, I developed knee pains that plagued me through middle school and high school. Doctors, physical therapists, and athletic trainers […]
I am in the process of seeking an accommodation from my employer for my anxiety and depressive disorders under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). And the impostor syndrome I talked about yesterday can’t get past the word disabled. Disabled. Broken. And me. It doesn’t seem to fit. After all, I can walk and run […]
The U.S is about to embark on yet another political slogfest they will for some inexplicable reason last the next 16+ months. Why are Americans so masochistic about their elections? Who knows. But one thing is already ramping up and getting on my nerves, and that is the use of mental illness as a put-down […]
In the past year, I’ve been working very hard on mindfulness, on my therapy, and on untangling the roots of my mental health struggles. And as I get closer to shining a light on my demons, they seem elusive, and I find myself trapped in a game of hide and seek with my demons. And […]
