Sexual Abuse Left Me With Paranoia And A Broken Soul
I often find myself constantly scanning my environment. Checking. Looking. Seeking for danger or a threat or someone who could do bodily harm to me.
I Am Not Ashamed To Talk About My Suicide Attempt
I am not ashamed for my honesty. I am not afraid to be brave and speak about my experience with depression and with this night. It is a part of what has made me the understanding and mature individual that I am today.
Stop What You’re Doing Right Now and Travel
There I sat atop an obsidian-colored rock and stared out at the Volcano. It was amazing to think that this force of nature was actually alive, active and at any minute it could erupt.
10 Things You Should Never Say to a Depressed Person
4. “Someone has it worse than you.”
It’s Okay To Be Selfish
My entire life I thought that being selfish was synonymous with being a bad person. That if I ever did anything for myself then I wasn’t living up to my cultural or religious ideals.
Men Can’t Be Raped
For some odd reason, it is believed that men cannot be taken sexually against our will.
What It’s Like Being An ‘Other’
But they do not live in this body, they do not think with this mind, they do not see through these eyes.
Worn: A Poem of Rape Survival
Worn is the one who sleeps yet never rests. His dreams are a minefield of memories.
Men, You Are Not The Definition Of Healthy Masculinity
I hate to break the news to you, but you’re not as masculine as you think. I say this because your idea of masculinity is rooted in insecure dehumanizing behaviors.
I Can’t Quit You
Because loving you is hard, but hating you hurts. Because I fear for you. Because I want you to see yourself how I see you.