On Being…

Autobiographicalish posts. In order of recency (newest first):

Abuse And Promiscuity

A post about my teenage sexual promiscuity as the result of child sexual abuse.

My Cold War

On being a child of the Cold War era.

Things We Can’t Talk About

Discussing child sexual abuse.

Cheer Up, Dammit.

A post about my struggles with major depressive disorder.

Hurt: The Aftermath

Part Two of my own experience with domestic violence.

Daily Prompt: The Clock

A short piece about domestic violence.

The Missing Childhood

Recovering memories after a head trauma.

G*dd*mn M*th*rf*ck*ng Forg*ven*ss

On forgiving abuse and how I can’t.

The Keys To The City

Take a walk with me through all of my old Detroit haunts.

Hurt

Part One of my own experience with domestic violence.

Defining Moments

A bullet list of all the crappy things that have happened to me.

A Letter To My Dead Grandmother

I give my abusive grandmother a piece of my mind.

Being Crazy: Things I’ve Lost

My struggle with major depressive disorder.

Identity

Where I am now in my struggle to overcome child abuse and domestic violence.

Insomnia

An ode to my constant companion, insomnia.

The Night That Changed My Life

I talk about having my skull smashed by a stage light.

A Little String & A Stuffed Donkey

Welcome to Crazytown where I describe the voice in my head.

On Being Dead

My many experiences with dying.

Graphic Design Myths

This post discusses things that annoy me about being a graphic designer.

Glossophobia

Gah! Stage fright! Run away!

On Being Left-Handed

Woe to the backwards left-handers.

On Being Single

Gah! Relationships! Run away!

On Being Finnish

I don’t know much about being Finnish, obviously, but here is what I know.

Bad Brain Days

A post about how difficult it is to write sometimes with a damaged brain.

Crazy

I regale you with an epic of navigating the Gov’t Dept. of Crazy. What fun!

In The Middle

More Gov’t Dept. of Crazy adventures.

Synesthesia

Anyone else have it? Leave a comment.

On Being Unemployed

Thankfully, I’m not unemployed anymore, but here’s a diatribe about it when I was.

On Being Handicapped

Thankfully, I’m not handicapped anymore, but here’s a diatribe about it when I was.

Semantics & Isms

My foundational thinking on faith.

Goldfish

How I got the nickname Goldfish.