#MentalHealth: Ten Tips for Blogging With DID — Art by Rob Goldstein

I’ve learned a few things about blogging with Dissociative Identity Disorder in the years since I first posted this. I’ve learned that most people can’t and won’t understand DID; the people I want in my life are the people who try. I’ve learned that I do not owe anyone an apology for the DID, nor […]

#MentalHealth: Ten Tips for Blogging With DID — Art by Rob Goldstein

Meditation: A Portrait of the Christ — Art by Rob Goldstein

Matthew 38-48 38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: 39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And if any man will sue thee at the […]

Meditation: A Portrait of the Christ — Art by Rob Goldstein

The Man Who Forgot He Doesn’t Exist — Art by Rob Goldstein

Dissociative Identity Disorder is a childhood-onset trauma symptom induced by an overwhelming confrontation with human evil before the brain can create a functional mind. When my psychiatrist diagnosed DID in 2009, I was already too symptomatic to work. I had no interest in social media, but I compulsively staged virtual photoshoots in Second Life and […]

The Man Who Forgot He Doesn’t Exist — Art by Rob Goldstein

June 27th: National PTSD Awareness Day — Art by Rob Goldstein

Originally posted on Addicted To Living: (Image source: http://covingtonweekly.com/2017/06/29/disposable-heroes-ptsd-awareness-day/ ) More often than not, people tend to associate the acronym, PTSD, with veterans returning from war. This is because throughout the years of World War I and after World War II, many veterans faced severe PTSD, or “shell shock.” However, this is only one possible…

June 27th: National PTSD Awareness Day — Art by Rob Goldstein

Trina: Madison Speaks — Art by Rob Goldstein

This is a response to the November Writing Prompt on Myths of the Mirror, which is to write something from a non-human perspective. Madison Speaks We’re at her imaginary park again. I hate this park! It’s not like I can DO anything. I can watch, I can listen, I can politely speak my mind. Last […]

Trina: Madison Speaks — Art by Rob Goldstein

Introducing My First Chapbook: A Skeleton in the Attic — Art by Rob Goldstein

I took a break in September, returned in early October to post Teagan Geneviene’s feature, then decided I wasn’t ready to resume posting. Why? Trump’s impeachment. There is so much news; keeping up with it feels like a full time job. I may limit myself to two posts a week during the impeachment. Now to […]

Introducing My First Chapbook: A Skeleton in the Attic — Art by Rob Goldstein

Circumstances of Childhood — Art by Rob Goldstein

Originally posted on Author & Songwriter Kevin Cooper: When a former pro football star and broadcaster, now a Wall Street maven is accused of insider trading, will he be able to prove his innocence and expose those who are guilty?Greg and his boyhood pal dreamed of big success in professional football and then later in…

Circumstances of Childhood — Art by Rob Goldstein

October’s Featured Blogger: Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene — Art by Rob Goldstein

I am back from my break and the good news is I finished my project. I’ll go into that project in another post. October’s Featured Blogger is Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene Teagan was my first Featured Blogger in 2017. I asked Teagan to come back to give us an update because while I was on break, Teagan […]

October’s Featured Blogger: Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene — Art by Rob Goldstein