Paramedic Confessional - VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED

Every survivor and ally should know about DARVO - what a guilty party does when confronted.

I'm fine with Louis CK coming back.  Here are two different ways it would work for me.

Simple guidelines for discussing #metoo if you haven't personally been assaulted yourself.  How to be an ally, or at least not a troll.

A lot of the sound and fury around #MeToo is coming from people with no personal experience. I'm feeling strong about it right now.

Feeling my mastery, still alive.  What I learned this time.

This last bout of suicidal ideation showed me that it is cyclical.  All I have to do is ride it out.

Subjective distress can be challenging to understand and notice.  But getting control of it is essential to emotional stability.

Face blindness, or facial agnosia, is a common mental health symptom.  I experience this presumably as part of my PTSD.

How I learned to be more aware of the random mean girls, and how to deal with them.  Undoing my mother's abuse one toenail at a time.

DNA registry has caught another one!  This guy was most likely (allegedly) stalking the woman he grabbed off the jogging path, who lived in my building.  

Every little interaction can teach you something.  Learning to ground myself to other people.

ISDP is a common symptom of PTSD.  The Overton window does not include people like me, even in the safe spaces.

Anhedonia is a common mental health symptom, the inability to motivate even for things you enjoy.

How to know when it's a misunderstanding versus passive-aggression, when and how to set boundaries.

Teresa takes her inspiration from the great Mary Mary when things don't go her way.

Reader Sandy doesn't feel like therapy works for her.