Category: Personal Stories
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Happy 36th Birthday Dustin Gene Gotham 🎂🥳😇
This blog entry is not meant to be edited and modified, etc. So I have not checked grammar, etc. I wanted this entry to be from the heart and lay it how it is was actually told. I have included a short note I wrote to him. And I asked his close family and friends…
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Part 2: Grief from a Personal Perspective
Content Warning 🤍 This post discusses grief, traumatic loss, post-traumatic stress, addiction, and the death of a loved one. While graphic details are not included, the content may be emotionally difficult for some readers. Please take care of yourself while reading. Support resources are encouraged if this brings up difficult emotions. 💜 Resources are avaliable…
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Grief, Part 1: Understanding What Grief Really Is
Content Warning: This post discusses grief, trauma, addiction, and loss. Please take care of yourself while reading. 🤍 Grief is one of the most universal human experiences—and one of the most misunderstood. It is often reduced to sadness, expected to follow a predictable timeline in certain stages, and quietly tolerated only for a short period…
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How Silence, Systems, and Survival Made Abuse Seem Normal: A Survivor’s Perspective
Content Warning: This post discusses domestic violence, childhood trauma, and emotional, psychological, physical, and sexual abuse. Please take care of yourself while reading. This is a detailed recall in a nutshell with my experience related to domestic violence. Resources are included at the end and on the Resource page of the website. Opening: A Personal Truth…
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From Construction to Corporate: The Silent Mental-Health Struggles No One Is Talking About
The Grass Isn’t Green Anywhere — Every Industry Has Its Own Battle Throughout my career, I’ve worked in a range of environments — corporate offices over the past decade and a half, customer-facing roles from middle school through college, and other high-pressure workplaces — and no matter the setting, one thing remained consistent: people were…