Tag: writing
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The Paper Birds Official Trailer Is Here!
Crossing the Finish Line At long last, the official trailer for Paper Birds is here! I want to start by giving a huge thanks to Jordan Graff, my editor, for putting this together. As you may know, this thing has been nearly half a decade in the making, and that’s if you don’t count its origin in…
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A Message for Those Who Feel Helpless in Our Current Climate
Put Your Life Vest On First I wanted to share something that intersects with both Suicide Prevention Month and our current landscape as a country after flying back home on 9/11 in the wake of a very publicized assassination. While abroad, I was lucky enough to connect with people from all over the world. Something…
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Dr. Chang Appreciation Post
A Man Who Helped MaKe Paper Birds Possible Time for a Dr. Chang appreciation post! It was just over half a decade now that I first met Dr. Chang over Zoom (unintentionally this aligns well with detailing fall of 2020, five years on). Courses were completely online, but despite this, his personality transcended the small…
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A Metaphor for Phase Three of Trauma Healing
Introducing the ‘Life Binder’ Chat, I have more reflections, but this will be two posts so sorry in advance: So as I established, I realize now I’m solidly in phase three of Judith Herman’s “Trauma & Recovery” model. The clearing. The integration. The reconnection. Well, I’ve been trying to step into that in a few…
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My Response to “Was Working on Paper Birds Healing?”
A Million Layers Between Two Roles Early on in the weekend, I was in full Paper Birds mode—emailing my editor, corresponding with Jim, combing through transcripts–and, consequently, it brought up a unique inner tension I’ve encountered a few times while working on this piece. Since it’s sort of an abstract look ‘behind the scenes’, I…
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Candid Reflections Prompted by A Chance Encounter
Return of the Nose Piercing This was originally posted to the Paper Birds Instagram on July 2nd: I got my nose pierced today. I went by myself, which felt like a win (was putting it off because I was nervous). While I waited, the girl next to me struck up a conversation. She asked if…
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Reflections While Beginning Treatment for ADHD
Shame, Vyvanse & Doodles, Oh My! A drawing I did depicting how my brain felt before EMDR, how it felt/feels ‘after’ two years of EMDR, and how it feels on Vyvanse, a type of ADHD medication. Might do a few posts related to this since it’s intertwined with the journey of Paper Birds. For now, a general update: I…
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A Piece of prose about living with ptsd in your early 20’s: “I’ve Never Been to Iceland”
Context Hey guys! Bit of a depressing prose I wrote last night but I wanted to share (trigger warning for mention of sexual assault). For a really long time I’ve wondered how to capture what life with PTSD is like, more specifically, how it feels to navigate in your 20s. Spoiler alert: it’s kind of…
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Run & Hide: A Poem on Depersonalization
The Poem Explained Run & Hide! is a poem about depersonalization I wrote back in 2020. “The box” is the verbiage I used to describe the ‘hidden’ trauma in my head, because that’s exactly what it felt like. I knew it was there, I knew the things attached to it, but I didn’t know fully…
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