On Starting Over: What Complex PTSD Taught Me About Resilience
Complex PTSD is not the same as PTSD. The single-event model — one traumatic experience, one cluster of symptoms — does not describe the condition adequately. Complex PTSD…
Tag: mental health
June 14, 2026
Bipolar I at Work: A Practical Account of Professional Stability
Bipolar I disorder is not primarily about mood swings in the colloquial sense. It is about magnitude. A manic episode — full mania, not hypomania — can involve…
June 14, 2026
Teaching with ADHD: What My Neurodivergent Brain Taught Me About Learning
I was diagnosed with ADHD in my late thirties. By then I had already taught hundreds of hours of English, managed teams in high-pressure hospitality environments, and built…