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So Disorganized.
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Regarding the Stories and Language we have for Love and Attachment. I am tired of being ruled by pressures, insecurities, fears, and the long, self-imposed limitations created by the neglect and abuse of my childhood. Likewise, I no longer wish to rely on self-isolation as a form of protection. I’ve processed, embodied, and healed…
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All By My Lonesome.
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Considering self-soothing, attachment, and transformation. Part 1 : Bears. Can I tell you a story? It’s about a very young, very shy little girl who felt alone, unloved, and often unsafe. A little girl who, rather than seeking reassurance from her family, learned to tolerate those troubled feelings by sucking her thumb and desperately…
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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.…