Ode to the Persecuted…Well, at Least They Think They Are…

Conversion Therapy or Sexual Reorientation Therapy is the topic of many states across America. Not because of a resurgence in use, but because many states are banning the practice from being used on minors. Since more states are following suit and many LGBTQ advocacy groups lobby to have their state pass similar measures to protect …

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I’ve seen things, and I’ve done things…

  I wouldn’t recommend it. Honestly, I don’t think anyone would. Everyone knows what PTSD is. It inundates the news, and honestly, not only does it get a little heavy on how overused it is, but how many people claim to have PTSD. It does not say that PTSD in a person does not exist, …

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It did more harm than you think…

When I wrote a piece earlier this week, Igor cautioned me not to write angry. When I wrote the piece yesterday about bullying, I tried to write it with cold, clinical calculation to make a point. Then I started to think about it and realized I never spoke to the damage in a personal sense …

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Nurses eat their young…

There is nothing worse than a bully, except dealing with one. Yet that is what a good number of professional nurses must put up daily to the point where nurses have committed suicide. Rhian Collins, who worked a hospital in Wales, hanged herself in her home in March of last year. The investigation concluded that …

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