mental-health
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Walking Myself Back to Life
More than a week after my heart attack, I’ve started rereading about the recovery period. I’m…
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Heartache, Literally
Time for another counselling session! I put the rug down (it doesn’t start down because the…
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The lightness returning
For the first time since last summer, my counsellor came to the house for my session.…
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Massage, Mussels, and Missing You
I have felt extremely burnt out by all the emotional stress of the last few years:…
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On Burnout, Dysphoria, and the Texture of Truth
I was so tired today, which made the counselling session much harder because my brain was…
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Dysphoria, Again?
I’m feeling a bit worried. I don’t like it when my penis touches me. That feeling…
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Too Much to Carry
Things have been difficult at home. The last time my husband tried to talk to me…
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Coming Out Isn’t a Moment – It’s a Lifetime (Part 4)
Non-binary and neuro-divergence Through a parallel process, I worked out that I was probably somewhere on…
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Coming Out Isn’t a Moment – It’s a Lifetime (Part 3)
Coming out as gay is a lifelong task; it doesn’t stop. But there’s more than just…
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A eunuch weekend – Epilogue
The two days that I was with Cicero, I had one headache, which was easily dispatched…
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Coming Out Isn’t a Moment – It’s a Lifetime (Part 2)
Continued from Coming Out Isn’t a Moment – It’s a Lifetime (Part 1) It feels like…
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Coming Out Isn’t a Moment – It’s a Lifetime (Part 1)
Coming out isn’t a single event, but a lifelong process. Every person you tell, every person…
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Testosterone, training, and tiny triumphs
I had a decent night’s sleep! It took me a while to wind down, but I…
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Minority Stress – Part 2
When The World Tells You You’re Not Real I wasn’t planning to write a Part 2.…
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Minority Stress
I first heard the term “minority stress” from my friend Tacitus, long before I encountered it…
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