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“Don’t let the past steal your soul; we’re all too precious to let that happen.”
Some stories demand to be told—not because they’re easy, but because they’re necessary. This is where I excavate truth from decades of silence, where personal trauma intersects with systemic betrayal, and where survival becomes witness for others still trapped in shame.
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What You’ll Find Here
The Slaughterhouse Reality of Healing
No sanitized narratives or clean linear recovery stories. This is the jagged truth of processing childhood physical, emotional, and sexual abuse—the moments when carefully constructed walls come crashing down, and the miraculous acts of self-preservation that kept us alive. From the neuroscience of how reading rewired my brain to survive, to preparing for my 11th surgery to repair the wounds of war, this is healing as collision and reclamation.
#Me(n)Too: Breaking the Silence
A dedicated space for men who were sexually abused, exploited, or groomed by women. I write honestly—but not graphically—about my own experiences and the silent epidemic of male survivors dismissed with “You’re lucky” when in fact they were harmed. This section exists to name what happened, push back against isolation, and offer language and solidarity to those whose stories rarely get told.
The Reckoning: Following Power’s Betrayals
Political analysis that exposes contradictions between rhetoric and reality. From dismantled mental health systems to assaults on press freedom, these pieces follow the money and the votes to reveal who’s actually being protected—and who’s being abandoned. The systems that failed me as a child are still failing others today.
Parental Betrayal: The Dual Wounds
Unflinching examination of a father’s brutality and a mother’s calculated indifference. These pieces confront the unvarnished truth about parents who chose their own brokenness over their child’s protection, offering witness to experiences many endure but few speak aloud. Written without excuse or euphemism.
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Be part of a community of people who understand that the most profound truths often sit like boulders in our path, too massive to move, so we build elaborate detours around them. Until we don’t.
If you’ve ever felt like you’re living in someone else’s narrative instead of your own, if you understand that some wounds shape us not despite our strength but because of it, if you recognize that personal trauma and systemic injustice are inseparable—this is your story too.
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I won’t promise you gentle healing or easy answers. I can’t offer clean narratives or soft landings. But I can promise you this: every word here has been earned through survival, and together we’re reclaiming our stories—one truth at a time.
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