At the end of this post, you’ll see a preview of the inside of our poetry book as well as a free poem! (Read more on Patreon.)
Tag: abusive relationships
Patreon Bonus Content: Pre-Orders for Pet Are Open for Patrons!
My lovely patrons are the first group being gifted access to pre-ordering paperback copies of our brand new self-published poetry book, “Pet: the Journey from Abuse to Recovery.”
I Think My Friend is Being Abused. What Now?
Being able to recognize that you are being abused, while the abuse is still happening, is mind-bogglingly difficult. I say mind-boggling because even though dozens of people trying to tell me that my relationship was abusive was completely ineffective for me, it’s still my first instinct when someone’s partner exhibits abusive behaviors to just try to tell them that. I know that this extremely straightforward tactic doesn’t work, but what other choice do I have? This article explores that question.
Patreon Bonus Content: Back Cover Reveal!
When we moved our front cover design to a new document so that we could add the back cover design as well, we had originally…(Read More on Patreon).
Patreon Bonus Content: What the Darkest Poem in My Book is About
We’re continuing to share some poems that took on a totally different meaning after we were diagnosed with DID. Today we wanted to share another full poem with you, called…. (Read More on Patreon)
Patreon Bonus Content: Dissociation & Amnesia in Our Poetry
As part of our ongoing poetry book insights, we wanted to share with you some poems that took on a totally different meaning after we were diagnosed with DID in August of last year…. (Read More on Patreon)
Patreon Bonus Content: The Story Behind My Poetry Book on Abuse & Recovery
Between 2009 and 2013, I wrote dozens of poems that would later become part of a book on abuse and trauma recovery…
Article on Medium: Why Does Everything Feel So Hard Right Now If I’m Fine
Soon after the beginning of the pandemic, I found that if I didn’t work hard to use my systems and tools meant to support my mental health, my functionality would quickly deteriorate. I frequently felt like I wasn’t okay and also that I had no business feeling that way.
Recovering from Abuse: Was Everything My Fault?
I have a large number of friends who have been through at least one kind of abuse and I’ve noticed that if someone has gone through the process of recovering from abuse at least once, it becomes much more important to them to evaluate future behaviors as potentially abusive. But having the intense desire to avoid ever suffering abuse again, and actually identifying abuse are two very different things.
It Can’t Be That Bad: How the Medical System Let Me Fall Through the Cracks
As more and more stories of medical neglect as a result of marginalization are brought to light, I hope that we can collectively reduce that disconnect and bring understanding and accommodation of marginalized backgrounds into our medical system, rather than using the medical system to further enforce their oppression. Maya Strong’s guest post today is one of those stories.