Brother – PsychologyTomorrowMagazine

A Son’s Vows to Love, Honor, and Obey Go Awry

May 13, 2016 admin 0

My brother’s troubles began with my parent’s marriage. They knew each other for only one week when they married. Mother told me that she only agreed because she was twenty-five, an old maid. Dad was […]

Misdiagnosed

January 28, 2014 Adam A. Neal 3

“Fucking, fucking, fucking, fucking.” With each swear, the scissor blade hit my arms, but the pain never surfaced. I was already in too much pain for it to matter. “Fucking, fucking, fucking, fucking.” I cursed […] […]

Christmas Vacation in the Schizophrenia Factory

January 28, 2014 Will Hall 5

“…what is usually called hypnosis is an experimental model of a naturally occurring phenomenon in many families. In the family situation, however, the hypnotists (the parents) are already hypnotized (by their parents) and are carrying […] […]

Orphan and Queer

January 7, 2013 Steve Turtell 2

Orphan: My mother is dead. I’m glad. I was a good son. My mother is gone. I’m sad. I was in love with her. My mother loved me. It hurt. She loved my brother […] […]

Dancing in the Dark: Steps From Grief

August 23, 2012 Joey Smith 7

As a boy, my younger brother resembled one of the delicate dolls with which he populated his early, private life. Sitting up in bed when I arrived home from school, he was something beautiful, paradoxically […] […]

A Son’s Vows to Love, Honor, and Obey Go Awry

August 20, 2012 Susan Slotnick 5

My brother’s troubles began with my parent’s marriage. They knew each other for only one week when they married. Mother told me that she only agreed because she was twenty-five, an old maid. Dad was […] […]