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Illness is intensely personal, but it never affects the person diagnosed alone.

Recovery from narcissistic abuse comes in stages. The early stages are chaotic and, at times, you feel as if you have no control over your recovery.

This self-absorbed womanizer is my narcissistic father. And many of us have them.

It’s taken me a long time to write about this topic because I’m not an eating disorder specialist or clinician.

The kind of lethargic, extreme fatigue that leaves you exhausted to your very core might be caused by what is known as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).

I hadn't been to a club like this one — the kind full of straight men who are probably homophobic and at least a little coercive, who smell like Old Spice deodorant and have enough disposable income to keep an open tab (the kind of men I'd been taught were "a catch") — for a very, very long time. I tried to remember exactly how long. A decade? More?

In a flash, my daughter was back on her feet and just a few steps forward, she was letting herself sink into the snow once more. “I love this, mama! I’m so good at falling!”

What does it feel like to be an anxious co-parent? What can an anxious co-parent do to feel less anxious around their ex?