Category: Medical Related
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PTSD vs CPTSD plus a Free Rant
Does a sudden crash still echo through your bones, or is it years of neglect that hollowed you? Which trauma begs your attention—PTSD’s jolt or CPTSD’s slow storm?
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Fighting for Answers: My Ongoing Battle with Suspected POTS, EDS, and Hypermobility (Part 2)
How do you stay proactive when advocating for yourself? Join me as I navigate the ongoing battle with suspected POTS, EDS, and hypermobility.
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Fighting for Answers: My Ongoing Battle with Suspected POTS, EDS, and Hypermobility (Part 1)
Ever wondered what happens when your advocacy efforts hit a wall? Discover the challenges and triumphs in my journey with suspected POTS, EDS, and hypermobility.
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I Speak Many Languages. Masking Follows Me in ALL of Them
I’m multilingual. But behind each language was a mask—until I found the one that didn’t come with trauma. Turns out, fluency isn’t freedom. Identity is.
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When Talking Takes Everything—And Silence Gives it Back
I spent years performing speech that drained me—now I’ve unmasked the truth. Talking isn’t connection for me—it’s exhaustion, confusion, and finally… freedom
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No Therapy, Still Broken: How Escaping ABA Didn’t Mean I Was Safe
Speech became performance. Silence felt wrong. But avoiding therapy didn’t mean escaping harm—it just meant the trauma wore a mask too. This is what verbal masking really costs.
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The Impact of Gaslighting in Medicine on Patient Health a Personal Experience
This is a longer post yes, however the story it tells is one that needs to be told. Even now I barely scratch the surface and that is so far from okay that I have no words for what I touch on.
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A Childhood of Words, a Lifetime of Silence
For years I thought my constant talking was personality—until I realized it was masking. Now I’m reclaiming silence, expression, and the truth I was never allowed to speak.
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Relearning ASL and Letting My Hands Do the Healing
Sign language returned like a lost part of me—calming, expressive, safe. Now I use my hands to say what my voice learned to suppress.
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My Messy Discovery of AuDHD Verbal Masking
One creator’s story unlocked my own: verbal masking, silent exhaustion, and decades of misunderstood expression. Turns out, I wasn’t dramatic—I was adapting.
Who am I? 