Depression is like a black wave
It’s hard to write when I’m depressed. I don’t feel like doing anything, especially examining my past and explaining myself. My new roommate recently told me that he doesn’t understand depression...
View ArticleMy Family Separation Trauma: A Wound that Never Heals
I was separated from my primary caregivers, my grandparents, when I was five; thirty years later I was separated from my four-year-old daughter. Now she is 19 and we are estranged. None of this is of...
View ArticleNo Food, No Money, Rent Due, Please Help
When we last spoke, I had moved in with Older Anal-Retentive Vegetarian and was dealing with her following me around the house, criticizing me, whenever I left my room. (You may remember that I have...
View ArticleIn which I am accused of fraud by Patreon. I get fired. A visit with Mother...
Things change so quickly. Last week my client got mad at me and fired me for the nth time. He accused me of stealing, but I couldn’t figure out what I was supposed to have stolen. He’s fired me before,...
View ArticleWhy I Left the South, 3 years later: Progress mainly in the spiritual plane
Three years ago, I left South Carolina, hoping for a better life in Oregon, propelled by the Kossacks, Class of ‘15, who earned my deepest undying gratitude and restored my faith in human nature with...
View ArticleLenny needs vet care; working but not getting paid: Please help if you can
Due to an error on my paperwork, I’m not getting paid this week. Or next week. I don’t know when. I’m trying not to freak out about it, but there are several things that are urgent. As Leonard’s fans...
View Article"But he's a really good customer!"
Recently I was triggered by something Trump said, as so often happens these days. His response to questions about Saudi Arabia’s latest human rights atrocity, the likely murder of a journalist,...
View ArticleBook Report: "Democracy in Chains" by N. MacLean
I used to wonder why I’d hear Republicans call Obama a socialist. Can’t these morons use a dictionary? I’d think. Back then, I still thought words had precise meanings. I didn’t understand that the...
View ArticleOwn Your Righteous Fury
“We are outraged,” she thundered. “Hell yeah!” I said to the screen. “More of that.” Stacey Abrams’ lawyer was on MSNBC last night, speaking about the ongoing Georgia vote count, which Brian Kemp is...
View ArticleDisaster strikes! My computer is stolen. Also, disabled man needs a comfy...
When I came home from work yesterday and discovered my laptop had been stolen, I had an autistic breakdown that lasted several hours. I’m still not feeling right, kind of want to hide under a table....
View ArticleOld dogs, new tricks, and comfy chairs
My little dog Leonard is not what you’d call bold. You could pen him in with a six-inch fence. He doesn’t jump in the water at the river. You have to help him up on the bed and couch, which is not...
View ArticleI need advice and help please, my life seems to be coming apart, and I'm...
I’m so confused, y’all. I’m experiencing that thing where scarcity makes your brain not work right. Poverty is traumatic and causes PTSD, for real. I’m trying really hard, as you know, and I’m making...
View ArticleYes We Did! I got a counseling job! Thank you for believing in me.
Hey, y’all, I finally got a counseling job! It’s in Coos Bay, so I do have to move from Eugene, but it pays really well. I’ll be an individual and family therapist, working in a day treatment program...
View ArticleGoal Completed! You saved my life, abundantly
Back in Columbia, South Carolina, in the summer of 2016, we dreamed a dream together. As the hate flag finally came down from the Statehouse, to ten thousand people, crowded together in the broiling...
View ArticleHow's your mental health? Freaking out a little bit maybe? Here is support!
Hey y’all, I hope everyone is safe and healthy! I have mild symptoms so I can’t be helping as a therapist in my physical community, which is driving me nuts. But maybe I can help here. There are...
View ArticleI got COVID at work. And I'm scared.
I’m a child and family therapist and I work in rural red Oregon. Although I’m not a school employee, my office is located inside a middle school, where I run a day treatment program. When the schools...
View ArticleWhy'd they vote like that?
A lot of people are wondering why nearly 70 million Americans, pretty much half, actively chose to keep the dumpster fire. I think we need to figure out where we went wrong, so maybe we could fix it....
View ArticleNeed a little help in Portland OR next week
Hey Daily Kos family! I hope everyone is healthy and safe. I’ve been super depressed and anxious the past year. I’ve been struggling like this for 30 years and I’m pretty tired of it. I have a good job...
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