My name is Maria Teresa Pratico and I’m a divorced mother of two teenage boys. I’m currently in remission from being diagnosed with Complex PTSD and I used to struggle with dissociative episodes at times related to flashbacks from my past traumas. I have overcome an eating disorder stemming from my extensive background in many forms of dance. I was…
Feliciana is studying towards a degree in International Relations in South Africa. She is a forever-student who is always up for a challenge, seizing every opportunity to learn by stepping out of her comfort zone to hear, read and tell different narratives which enable her to see the world through different lenses. She firmly believes that just as a…
The first time I heard about Depression was six years ago. It was a prayer point at Church; My Pastor was Praying fervently against it but I had lacked the knowledge of what it entailed. I surmise then, perhaps, it was something so scandalous because the sweat dripping from his face is almost likely enough to have a shower. What…
This world is anticipating my toll on survival, Fidgeting through new ways to punish me. Why, just ’cause I beg to differ? Just ’cause I was born a different mind? I don’t know. And I’m sorry; sorry that I thought I could change something, anything that is gulping this world down its sore, prickly throat. To make a difference, which…
Why I’m Choosing to Share My Experience After All These Years. #MeToo *Content Warning: sexual assault, rape* I was in high school when it happened. And for years, I didn’t even realize what I had been through. It took until my first year of college, as the Me Too Movement was beginning to take off, for it to register that…
In this journey called life I would have never thought that I would experience such a tragedy so early on in life. One that changed everything for not only me and my family but for an organization- a Family so dear to our hearts, our church. This one incident shook people in nations but it also shook and still shakes…
Jay-lyn writes because she loves to put words together and create poems that evoke feelings in those who read them. Being able to make someone feel or think about a situation differently is her aim. Jay-lyn is also a mother to a wonderful 10-year-old son who is her biggest fan. Writing daily is a must as there are always words…
Far beyond the ideas of writing, exists the concept of thinking and that is what Tej does most in his singularity. Tej Pratap is an author of Amazon best selling FOSSILED BETWEEN THE SHEETS and currently working on his second novel. A physics facilitator by profession, he spends most of the time reading human minds, mostly students and youth through…
Life is, after all, full of uncertainties and risks. You never know when things change even though they appear to be constant. And this is my story, writing out loud. I was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome when it was too late. It’s the thing that affects your ability to effectively socialize and communicate. A very rare disorder. I’ve suffered too…
I live in the ashtray In the hours of darkness, I couldn’t sing And the days when I fumble with the blade Unable to write a thing. I paint my nails black And of my blood, I take a sip And it burns my throat While it touches my lips. I write with white ink on white paper And…