I never thought of myself as someone who would end up struggling with my faith. I was raised in the traditional Latin masses of the Catholic church-… Read more “My New Pact with God, and Losing My Religion”
Category: Mental Health
Protected: Raised in Black and White
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Our Disabled Memoirs
A 12 Year Foreword and Re-edit Foreword I didn’t think this would EVER be something I shared, particularly with the faceless and infinite internet (also, a pretty… Read more “Our Disabled Memoirs”
If Your Relationships are in Turmoil- Use Attachment Theory
When I talk about trauma or explore my relationships these days, I also talk about the throughline of it all, called Attachment Theory. I urge you all… Read more “If Your Relationships are in Turmoil- Use Attachment Theory”
Is anyone actually any good at this?
No, I guess- but I don’t think that’s the point. I think that for a very long time, I’ve been taught to distrust my gut. You might… Read more “Is anyone actually any good at this?”
Resourceful Therapy, Attempt 1 (explicit content, but funny!)
Before I was able to afford therapy (I barely am now), and before I even knew a quarter of what I know about mental health now, I desperately craved a place to explore my feelings. Whatever that would end up looking like.
Being a young, impressionable, lost, Latin-mass Catholic going theatre nerd, I had two options.
Here was the first.
Diagnosed as an Adult: ADHD in Women
Confronting a Shame I Didn’t Know I hadA few months ago, I started a job as a piano and voice teacher off of the recommendation from my… Read more “Diagnosed as an Adult: ADHD in Women”
How I’m Going to Talk About Trauma
The major conflict here is that obviously someone, or more than one, or some situation, caused my trauma, and they probably don’t want to be in a… Read more “How I’m Going to Talk About Trauma”
Audrey Miranda-Russelman 