Total: 16 posts
Posts in: MentalHealth
- Inspecting within; seeing inwardly; capable of, or exercising, inspection; self-conscious.
Similar: self-conscious - Involving the act or results of conscious …
MentalHealth
MyStory
Death
59 Candles, 40 Years in Radiology, and Zero Fear of What's Next
Image by DesignByDessie from Pixabay
My 59th birthday is coming up this week, and I have a lot to reflect on. Being a radiographer has given me the gift of knowing, on an everyday basis, that life can end in an instant. More than that, it’s …
MentalHealth
MyStory
Always Trying to Find Balance
I’ve cleaned up the design of my page to be a bit closer to what I want it to be. It’s by no means perfect, it’s a work in progress. But it’s about 75% of the way I want it to be. I’ve spent far too much time on TikTok …
Transgender
MentalHealth
SocialMedia
Watching the TikTok from Victoria Derbyshire talk about puberty blockers and see the comments of cis people more worried about a child’s future ability to reproduce, while ignoring the mental health repercussions for #transgender children makes me …
Family
Reflection
MentalHealth
SocialMedia
Fediverse
Blogging
2024 You Were Mostly Shit, But I Learned A Few Things
I don’t really like doing New Year’s resolutions, for a few reasons. A. I don’t see the new year as the beginning of something. Yes, it’s a chance to reflect, but there’s nothing “new” about the year apart from the year …
Reflection
MentalHealth
MediaLiteracy
Rhetoric
Propaganda
Understanding Introspective vs. Emotionally Reactive People
I've experienced two kinds of people in my life:
introspective
adjective
Transgender
Feminism
MentalHealth
USPolitics
Blogging
TERFs
BodilyAutonomy
SexWork
Reactionaries, TERFs, and Bodily Autonomy
A couple of things have been stewing in my brain for a while, and I can't stop thinking about them.
First off is a term that describes people who don't believe in the right of individuals to make decisions about their own lives and bodies. Radical …
Transgender
MentalHealth
Millionaire Was Misgendered, I Was Triggered (From Martine Rothblatt to Me)
This morning I decided to watch a Ted Talk that featured Martine Rothblatt. Martine’s life story is incredible. The Washington Post said of her:
Let’s be clear: Martine Rothblatt is just plain more of a lawyer than anybody else in this town. …
Activism
Transgender
MentalHealth
I Get Trans Regret
This morning I read an excellent post over at Crossdreamer's Tumblr blog about transition regret (also a great post by Brynn Tannehill). I'll say upfront that I don't regret transition, but I understand those who do. From the post:
"Some of the …
Activism
Wisconsin
Family
Transgender
MentalHealth
MyStory
LGBTQ
SocialMedia
Religion
Midwest
TERFs
Suicide, Leelah Alcorn, and Living Openly Trans*
I’ve kept quiet much for the last few months because I’ve been mourning a loss, the equal I can only compare losing my father at age 11. I’m not going to share the particulars of this loss because it doesn’t really matter in …
Transgender
Reflection
MentalHealth
Death
Religion
Healthcare
Thoughts on Suicide, Living, and Dying
My mind has been in a million different places today. I read this thoughtful post by a doctor about a patient that committed suicide. I saw this today on dying with dignity:
Indiana
Family
Transgender
MentalHealth
MyStory
Midwest
Looking In the Rear View, Giving Thanks
Tonight is an anniversary for me as well as Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving 2003 was one of the lowest points in my life. I had recently moved to Washington DC and had a one bedroom apartment that was baren. It had a bed (from the previous owner), a small …
MentalHealth
MyStory
Music
All That I've Let In, I'm Blessed Beyond Belief
I’ve always found great joy in music, but there are few songs that impact me to such an extent that I cry the first time I hear them. Tonight I heard the following song did: All That We Let In - Indigo Girls
“Dust in our eyes our own …
Reflection
MentalHealth
The Pressure to Date is Off
For many years I thought I needed someone else to make me whole. Someone to "complete me." I've tried many ways to find that completeness, but sometimes the cliché is the truth. The easy truth is sometimes the hardest to actualize/realize/deal with. …
Reflection
MentalHealth
LJ Reprise - Life At This Moment
I was searching for an old post on my LiveJournal that I wanted to share with my cousin, and I started reading old posts. I read this old post and almost cried. I wrote a post called “I live, I die” on March 10th, 2004. This is an …
Photos
Indiana
MentalHealth
MyStory
Midwest
Oldfields-Lilly House & Gardens
Last October 17th was my 36th birthday, and it’s a long story…but that day I was felt very depressed. I had just met supersarah5 and she knew how shitty I was feeling on my birthday…so we went out to Oldfields-Lilly House & …
Indiana
Family
Transgender
Podcast
MentalHealth
MyStory
LGBTQ
Fediverse
Midwest
Running Away... A Lesson Learned
As a young boy not quite eight years old, I set off to run away from home. My mother had made me eat cole slaw and forbid me to watch my favorite superhero, Wonder Woman. I had had enough, so I started packing. I found my mom’s curler carrier. …
