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ENG 100 Paper 3 : Minding the Gap
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An Open Letter to The American Psychiatric Association’s Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders Work Group. Figure 1. Page 290 from Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-5, showing the criteria for “Unspecified Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorder.” Included under fair use for academic analysis. Dear APA Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders Work Group, This communication is…
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When I Grow Up…
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Reconsidering a Life Misunderstood & Misremembered. Over the past few years, I’ve found several small caches of report cards my mother squirreled away in various boxes, drawers, and under the eaves in the attic. A few are missing, but together these documents form a chronological record spanning my entire academic career, from nursery school…
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ENG 100 Paper 2 : It Must Be Me
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The Burdensome Impact of Undiagnosed Learning Disabilities on Girls and Women “It Must Be Me” Generated by Mars Parker using ChatGPT Pro. 27 Oct. 2025 School was hard for me. So hard. For a seemingly bright, earnest kid, it was more challenging and spirit-crushing than it had any right to be. Without any clear…
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UnLucky in Limerence•
…and Other MisAdventures in Attachment Injury and Trauma Response. Tristan and Isolde with the Potion (1916) by John William Waterhouse Public Domain. Cropped from original via Wikimedia Commons Content note: This essay discusses trauma, childhood neglect & abuse, fawning, dissociation, neurodivergence, sex, and—gasp—Pre-Raphaelite art. Have you ever heard of limerence? I hadn’t until very recently.…
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Support for Square Pegs
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Or, how to find community when you don’t quite fit. Generated by ChatGPT, 11/08/25 Content note: This essay discusses infertility, breastfeeding, dementia, caregiving, childhood trauma, complex PTSD, grief, and loss. I have not had the best luck with support groups. Or rather, maybe it’s just more accurate to say that support groups are complicated,…
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ENG 100 Paper 1 : From Addiction to Acceptance
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ENG 100, Paper 1. Tech Reflection. Oct, 2025 How Changing My Relationship with Social Media Made Everything Better. I was addicted to social media. Fully addicted, and I hated it. For more than a decade—from installing the apps on my first smartphone until just after my 50th birthday—checking Facebook and Instagram was the first…