Kathryn Stumpf – Closed for Business
Depression, for me, is like a vacancy. An absence of thought and emotion, of concern, ambition and desire. There’s a ‘Closed’ sign dangling in front of my eyes and no saying how long I’ll be […]
2014
Rachel M. Walls – Poetic Healing
My first poem just sort of came to me. I had no idea, at the time, the impact it would have on my life. During a warm summer evening in Barcelona, I encountered a woman—the most […]
Catherine Waisvisz – Born to Be Wild: How I recovered from dissociative PTSD though music
Following is a list of songs from the 1960s-1970s as they are arranged on a personal recording of my favorites. I grew up hanging onto music for survival, deflecting myself and the pain I was […]
Marja Hagborg – Clowns and Magician: Poetry out of PTSD
“Clowns and Magicians” and “The Arsonist and The Jaguar” were written about a year apart. They are about my PTSD, which went on without correct diagnosis until, as a fluke, I met a trauma therapist […]
Are Video Games Addictive?
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