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Welcome to what it's like to keep living in the body of a trans nonbinary survivor living with PTSD and ARFID.
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Dear Survivor: I Am In My Hotel Room (opens the original)
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Dear Survivor: Living with CPTSD is Worse than Running a Marathon (opens the original)
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Worse in the way it takes two days in bed to recover, when a marathon only took a whole pizza and a long nap. Worse in the way I get nauseous brushing my teeth, vomit before even getting out the door. During a marathon, I could fuel easily while running; with CPTSD, I can barely get liquids down.I used to do so much—running, travel, meeting up with friends spontaneously—and CPTSD has forced my life to get smaller and smaller.Dear Survivor is a reader-supported publication. To recei
When I say I am a survivor what I mean is (poem) (opens the original)
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I’m so thankful for my divorce, I never could’ve been myself there.Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedWhen I say I am a survivor what I mean isText within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedI have been a ghost-wife for years This body is a graveyard for the American Dream<div class="preformatted-
The Next Narrative (opens the original)
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I’m officially working on a new manuscript! Yay!As an indie publisher and editor, it’s hard to allow myself to work on my own poetry. So far, I’ve selected a bunch of poems that I think I want to include. Since I’ve done this several times before, I thought I’d share the process of creating a chapbook manuscript from start to finish. I’m sure everyone does it differently, so I’m curious to hear from others.These titles will probably change as the project moves forward, but they’re in general ord
Have I Mentioned I Am A Wolf? (poem) (opens the original)
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The title for a new poetry book has been floating in my head for a few months and yesterday, it began to solidify as a collection. I’m only in the beginning stages, selecting poems I might want to in… Read more
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