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Infatuation in My Forties: Was It a Midlife Crisis?
Just over three years ago I considered myself happily married and content to grow older gracefully. I was 46, working hard as a senior school teacher and raising two teenage girls. My husband, ... Read More
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How Jealousy and Depression Led Me to Spy on My Husband
The matter of trust is always a burning issue, especially nowadays when technology has taken over the bigger part of our lives. With the development of social media, we forgot how to talk ... Read More
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‘Why Me’: A Story of Physical and Mental Abuse in Childhood
Editor’s note: This article is an excerpt from Sarah Burleton’s New York Times bestselling child abuse memoir Why Me. The article contains sensitive detail about physical violence and ... Read More
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Paws for Thought: Tails of a Therapy Cat
Meow! I am a cat therapist. No, I don’t have the fancy degree and years of experience like my human does—but like other pets in animal-assisted therapy settings, I collaborate with ... Read More
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When the Protector Needs Protecting: The Trauma of Protecting Others
Editor’s note: This story contains sensitive material and descriptions of childhood abuse and trauma that may be triggering to some readers. My story focuses on two areas of trauma: ... Read More
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Things Fall Apart: Communication Breakdown and Family Problems
During a discussion in my Family Studies class, we talked about the different type of families and why there are issues in the family. I couldn’t help but to think about my situation ... Read More
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Five Lessons I Learned from Visiting the ER with Suicidal Ideation
Mental health issues carry such a stigma that few people wish to talk about their experiences at a psychiatric ward. I am learning involuntary commitments are rarely necessary but are frequently ... Read More
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Unrecognizable Signs: My Struggle with Discoid Lupus
Freshman year of college was a difficult time for me. Many things had changed, I was away from home for the first time, I was not among close friends, and my course load was semi-difficult ... Read More
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Coping with My Mother’s Reaction to Sibling Sexual Abuse
My family moved to England from the United States when I was very young. My first memories are British ones. I remember learning to tie my school tie, and being proud of the little sword ... Read More
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Losing Both Parents by Age 27: How I Began to Heal
I woke up to my dad staring blankly at the wall the morning of October 14, 2004. It was the day before my 23rd birthday. I knew this day was coming, but nothing would prepare me to wake ... Read More
