I have a trauma-related panic disorder, and in addition to medication and therapy, I’ve found a lot of relief in grounding exercises. One example of what I do: when I feel physical panic coming on, I grab an orange that I keep in my freezer. I focus on how hard it is, the texture, the smell, etc. My trauma therapist…

It made relocating from the Midwest to Boston almost worth learning a new language.

Constant access to Polar is the best part of living in Boston.

I tried to watch it. I suffered through somewhere around two seasons before giving up. The relationship between the mom and daughter had uncomfortable tension, and when I wasn’t rolling my eyes at how cheesy it was I just thought about what awful tropes the characters are. It is a show about having shitty boundaries…

I was raped on video by a classmate at 13. My classmates saw it and were amazed that I “did porn” - My mother said she wished I hadn’t done it. She didn’t like it that I “had sex” at such a young age. We didn’t speak about my rape explicitly again for 13 more years. My dad has never said a word about it. I was sent to…