"If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month."

-Theodore Roosevelt

Tag: DARVO


  • A_Walk_To_Remember_v1.zip

    Your brain doesn’t keep you stuck because it’s afraid of what’s ahead. It keeps you stuck because it’s afraid of losing what it already knows. I walked 12 miles, was flipped off by an ex, got hit by a mail truck right after, and sat on a beach watching the tidal flats before I finally…

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  • Quite_Well_Actually_MP4.zip

    It’s not manic bullshit and you saying that is DARVO bullshit. I’m just fine. I’m not having a mental health crisis. I am better than I have ever been. In my entire life.

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  • Wisdom_Mirrored_Back_v1.zip

    Nobody tells you that wisdom isn’t something you accumulate alone. You crack open, you share everything you are figuring out, and then the people you thought you were teaching turn around and hand it all back in a completely different shape. More useful. More true. More yours than it ever was before. This is a…

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  • Manic_Bullshit_v1.zip

    When you change in a way that is real and visible and costs you everything, some people will reach for a clinical word to explain it. Manic-bullshit. Episode. Red flag. They are not doing it to help you. It is DARVO. They are doing it because your transformation makes them uncomfortable, and gaslighting you and…

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  • Your_Labels_Hurt_Me_v1.zip

    People have been continuing to label and stigmatize me. For months. A lot of people. A lot of labels. And it hurts. They all seem to have a name for what I am doing in my life now. They are all wrong. Isolating. Manic-bullshit. Avoidant. Lonely. Shutting down. Concerning. Worrying. Arrogant. Self-centered. Narcissist. The unsolicited…

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