It's that time again. For some seemingly inscrutable reason, my traumatic memories like to present themselves in cycles. I will go months (occasionally years) where I'm not regularly encountering severe flashbacks or persistent dissociation, and then out of the blue, I will be immersed in a period where it feels like an endless flood of … Continue reading Unspeakable
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Escaping No More
When you've been running for years, how do you decide when it is time to stop? I have 28 May 2010 marked on my calendar as 'Freedom Day'. That day, I woke up in my hell for the last time. I had just graduated high school the weekend before, and had spent the rest of … Continue reading Escaping No More
Who am I? The Intention of this Blog
In the summer of 2022, I graduated with my PhD. What was a normal, warm summer day for most people was a momentous day for me. According to all odds it was a day that should not have happened. I should not have survived my childhood, much less escaped my abusers and functioned enough to … Continue reading Who am I? The Intention of this Blog
The Divergent Scholar 