Tag: Life
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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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Why Dominants Must Use Safe Words
The other day I ran across something rather shocking. “Dom’s don’t need a safe word”. This covers why they do in the broader sense and it touches on other safety aspects.
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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.
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The Exhausting Truth Behind Verbal Masking
What if being talkative was just a clever disguise for burnout? Peek behind the mask of AuDHD and discover the silent cost of seeming verbal.
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Fierce Hunter
Been a bit since I wrote a poem. It’s not my usual style but still has my signature feel. Enjoy.
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From Myths to Reality: The Intriguing World of Vampire Bats
So… I touched on the dracula parrot only felt right to touch on the Vampire Bat, which do actually consume blood. Caution there are some gross factors here.
Who am I? 