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Masking Monday: The Illness I Pretend Isn’t There

October 20, 20251 Comment

Monday is therapy day for me. It maybe doesn’t seem like a good idea to stack lifelong trauma work and mental health check-ins at the start of a new week in the hellscape we’re all living through… but somehow it works. I get just enough distance from the last week to reflect and reset before … Continue reading Masking Monday: The Illness I Pretend Isn’t There

A squirrel perched on the edge of a concrete planter filled with smooth gray river rocks. Behind it, a small heart shape has been carefully arranged out of stones. The squirrel looks alert and mildly suspicious, as if guarding its strange little altar.

Masking Monday: Unscripted, Unmasked, Undone…

August 4, 2025August 2, 20255 Comments

I spoke at an open source conference last week.For the first time since I left my old job.For the first time since the breakdown.For the first time since the diagnosis. I tried to follow the old, tried-and-true formula for writing a talk. The process that always worked before. It didn’t serve me. But it didn’t … Continue reading Masking Monday: Unscripted, Unmasked, Undone…


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