Autobiographicalish posts. In order of recency (newest first):
On Being Homeless
Self explanatory.
On Race
My experience growing up as a white minority.
Homeless Teen Prostitute
Yes, I was one.
Grief Diary: Week Birthday
Writing about the death of the love of my life on my birthday.
No Title
The post I wrote when I found out the love of my life, referred to on FOG as Male, died in March 2015. I’ve never read this post, but it explains a lot.
On Betrayal
All the times, or at least most of the times, I’ve been betrayed.
Dented Bucket List
A bullet list of things that have happened to me.
The Biggest Betrayal
Discussing the betrayal of my parents in not believing when I told them about sexual abuse.
The Ultimate Brain FAIL
About the fear of early onset dementia.
Give Up The Funk
On surviving the PTSD blues.
One Night In Summer
Autobiographical fiction about child sexual abuse.
I Don’t Like Charming People
How living with domestic violence changes your perspective on charm.
Hello, My Name Is Goldfish. I’m Broken.
On meeting people when you’re broken inside.
You Were A Mistake
My mother said that to me.
Hug Her Back
Autobiographical fiction about child sexual abuse.
Depression In Exhausting
I experience another bout of depression and share it with you.
The Most Comforting Words In English: Restraining Order
Restraining orders and the story of how i got mine.
I Don’t Believe You
On trust issues after abuse.
On Living In Hiding
I will never be as free as my abusers.
Christmas B & E
The story of a domestic violence Christmas.
The Grudge
On letting go of grudges and how I can’t seem to do that.
Domestic Violence Can Happen To Anyone
A cautionary and personal tale of domestic violence.
Age
On growing older.
Addiction
On being an addict.
The Woe Is Me Game
Battling demons and the voice in my head.
Trust Issues
And how I have them.
Eleven Months
A not very nice true story of cheating.
Le Vide: The Post That Didn’t Go Where I Expected It To Go
On facing my personal black hole.
Accessory To The Crime
A guest post at Black Box Warnings on aiding and abetting domestic violence.
Trust
On doing something positive with my negative experiences.
Moving Past The Anger
Anyone know how to do that?
A Girl Named Angel
How I became a crackhead.
The Music Of Abuse
I take back my music from the domestic violence monster.
That’s Just Weird!
I talk about having to re-learn everything after my traumatic head injury.
Alive & Disorderly
A guest post originally posted at The Outlier Collective and now on Stories That Must Not Die on body image issues.
I Didn’t Cry Until I Drove Away
A very sad post on Male moving out of town.
Offsprings
Why I don’t want children.
Hot Potato
On finding a picture of the monster who sexually abused me.
On The Suicide Of A Friend
Fairly self-explanatory.
On Appearances
A discussion of body dysmorphic disorder.
Normality Snormality
All the things that made me different as a kid.
The Worst Products For Left-Handed People
Products that are impossible for left-handed people like me.
The Story Of My Mom
Dealing with my mother’s denial of child sexual abuse.
Something Is Wrong With This Picture
On finding an old picture of when I was being sexually abused.
Shadows Of Abuse
A guest post written over at Deliberate Donkey.
Warnings Ignored
A story of how I warned my friends of my abuser and the warning was ignored.
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 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.
Fish Of Gold 