Reflections on Healing, Storytelling, and Becoming
Notes from the in-between: fragments of process, healing, worldbuilding, and the quiet madness of writing.
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The Road Back to the House of My Life: Beyond the Myth of “Laziness”
A Reflection on Depression, Therapy, and the Art of Rearranging the Past A Note Before You Read Content Warning: The following text discusses experiences with depression and past suicide attempts. Please prioritize your emotional safety and read only if you feel grounded enough to do so. The journey I have traveled so far is what
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Today’s film: Inside Out (2015)
20th+ Time Watching THE FILM MIND: The Anatomy of the Emotional Engine I have probably watched Inside Out more than twenty times. As a psychologist, I don’t see it as a children’s movie anymore; I see it as a technical manual for the human psyche. While it is the most recommended film by therapists worldwide,
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The Anatomy of the Nut
Anxiety, Depression, and the Roots of the Glitch A Note Before You Read Content Warning: The following text discusses experiences with depression, past suicide attempts, and domestic violence. Please prioritize your emotional safety and read only if you feel grounded enough to do so. After my last post reviewing After.Life (2009) and my reflection on
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Today’s film: After.Life (2009)
3rd time watching. THE FILM MIND: THE DEPRESSION GLITCH Watching After.Life (2009) reveals a truth hidden in plain sight: this isn’t a supernatural horror. It is a meticulous, step-by-step breakdown of the suicidal mind. In clinical terms, we can call this “The Glitch”, the precise moment the brain stops processing life and begins organizing its
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The Anatomy of My Survival
From the Glitch to the Light Content Warning: The following text discusses experiences with depression, past suicide attempts, and domestic violence. Please prioritize your emotional safety and read only if you feel grounded enough to do so. A Note Before You Read Watching After.Life (2009) was supposed to be just a movie night, but it
This blog exists as a continuation of the same journey that shaped The Threads of the Triad series.
I began writing during therapy, at a time when I was learning how to breathe again after a difficult period. Storytelling became a way to slow down, observe my inner world, and give shape to emotions that didn’t yet have language. Over time, those private reflections transformed into a fantasy series rooted not in conquest or spectacle, but in healing, memory, and choice.
This space is where that process continues: more openly, more quietly, and more personally.
Here, I write about storytelling as a tool for recovery, creativity as a form of grounding, and the small, often unremarkable moments that help rebuild a sense of purpose. Some posts explore the emotional foundations behind my novels. Others reflect the ways art can hold us when logic alone is not enough.
This blog posts are not meant to offer quick fixes. They are reflections shaped by lived experience, about learning to stay present, to listen inward, and to choose gentleness in a world that often rewards urgency and force.
If you are drawn to fantasy that values inner transformation, to creative work born from healing, or to thoughtful explorations of memory and meaning, you may find something here that resonates. You are welcome to read in order, or simply follow the threads that speak to you.
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A growing collection of thoughts, process notes, and strange little obsessions.