Start Here (Thematic Archive)
This archive is sorted by thematic resonance, not chronology. Many pieces “belong” in more than one place - because healing, resistance, and self-recognition rarely obey tidy borders. I have done my best to sort them by how they most strongly resonate for me.
I. AUTISTIC EMBODIMENT & MASKING
When People Find Me Exhausting: A Compliment to My Unmasking Journey
The Art of Strategic Disappearing: How Fawning and Flopping Build Sanctuaries
Unmasking to Taylor Swift: From The Archer to You're On Your Own, Kid
II. CRITICAL THERAPY & SYSTEMS
Reclaiming Rogers’ Revolution From Therapy’s Neutrality Trap
Radical Aesthetics and Radical Praxis (When Therapy’s Branding Outpaces Ethics)
Sanctuary Walls, Not Cages: How Boundaries Free Radical Congruence
The Therapeutic Uncanny Valley: When Relatability Becomes a Barrier
III. TRAUMA & SOMATIC RECKONING
When the World Feels Far Away: On Dissociation, Trauma, and Coming Back
The Click That Made Me Make Sense: BDD, Chronic Pain, and the Body’s Quiet Corrections
IV. RELATIONAL HEALING
V. NEURODIVERGENT POLITICS
VI. CREATIVE AUTONOMY
The Art of Creative Autonomy: Making, Breaking, and Rebuilding Rules
Animal Crossing, Biff the Hippo... (Revolutionary Power of Googling)
VII. IDENTITY & RECONFIGURATION
Severance and the Ship of Theseus: Who Are We Without Our Pasts?
The Curious Paradox: Why Accepting Yourself is the First Step Toward Change