Whenever I think the fight is through, something else happens and reminds me that this fight never ends. Living with PTSD and navigating through trauma is a never-ending rollercoaster. One day you're up up up... and then something happens and you come hurtling back to earth.

Over the last 2 days, I've been feeling very violated... as if someone peeked into my life without permission. It's a difficult thing to grapple with and it's caused me to have to retreat a bit and reevaluate the things I share publicly. I never want to stop writing and sharing my stories because they not only help me, but help others as well. So how do I continue without backing myself into a corner again?

Oh, hi! Welcome to the renewed blog. If you're reading this, thank you for sticking by me. I started this blog because I wanted a place that I could work out all of the things floating around in my brain and maybe help some people along the way. I've definitely been through enough in my 36 years that I have plenty of first-hand experience. This writing was never meant to be something that I use to insult, drag, or in any other way demonize other people.