mental-health
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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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Happy for Now, or Happy for Good? Happiness vs pleasure
The Pleasure Trap: Why Dopamine Isn’t Your Friend We live in a world designed to hijack…
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Self-harm is self-harm
On Wednesdays couples counselling, my husband shared about his self-harm. I wasn’t aware of his bulimia…
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When you learn not to tell
When I felt sad, unhappy, angry, confused, bewildered, lonely, bullied, who did I speak to? Who…
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Intro to the couples counsellor
Last night, I had my introductory session with the couples counsellor. Next week the husband will…
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Two interviews for couple counsellors
Tonight we had two interviews for potential couples counsellors. The first at 5:00 p.m. straight after…
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Last time with my counsellor
Thinking about couples counselling I’ve been putting some thoughts into what I want to say to…
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Reflections a year on – Part 3
This post continues with my review of the kinds of things I considered before pressing on…
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Couples counselling concerns
What a rotten night! My head was busy – after the talk on Saturday, when my…
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