Long-term stress changes more than your emotions. It changes your body, your brain, and eventually your survival instincts. A reflection on narcissistic relationships, chronic cortisol exposure, PTSD, grief, and the dangerous comfort of self-medication.
Category: Substance use
The Grace Well Runs Dry
A raw letter to my mother three years after her death, reflecting on grief, sobriety, domestic violence, regret, family, military service, faith, and the complicated process of learning to forgive yourself.
The Life You Can’t Move Back To
Some losses aren’t people—they’re entire versions of your life. This is about learning to move forward when there’s no path back.
Moving Targets
Sometimes the places we want to escape to don’t exist. This is a reflection on isolation, sobriety, honesty, and learning to live with the version of yourself that made it through.