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I've Never Met My Therapist
For over a year, I have been working with a therapist whom I have never met. Over fifty hours spent divulging to her my innermost secrets and fears, revealing so much of the rawness of who I am, and I have yet to sit in her company.
Coping With Trauma
When do our trauma wounds heal? When do the brittle scabs stop bursting open at every light-handed brush? When do the scabs harden to eventually scar?
My Alphabet Soup Mental Diagnosis
When I started therapy last year, I was dealing with something known (my previously-diagnosed depression and anxiety disorders), but I was also asking a new question. Were some of the difficulties in my life thus far caused by undiagnosed ADHD?
Photography is My Therapy
I am proud to show my personal photography as I want to end the stigma around mental illness and let people know that they're not alone in what they're feeling.