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Most writing about mental health focuses on fixing symptoms.
This Substack is about understanding why those symptoms emerged in the first place.
I write for people who are outwardly functional but internally disconnected—people who are capable, thoughtful, and doing their best, yet feel numb, anxious, exhausted, sexually shut down, or far from themselves. I’m interested in what happens to bodies and nervous systems under chronic pressure, and what it actually takes to restore sentience, pleasure, and regulation.
If you’re looking for motivation, hacks, or reassurance, this may not be the right place.
If you’re looking for language that finally names what you’ve been living inside, you’re welcome here.
What You’ll Find Here
Essays on trauma, nervous system regulation, pleasure, sexuality, and mental health
Cultural analysis grounded in physiology, not ideology
Writing that treats symptoms as intelligent adaptations, not personal failures
A focus on regulation, sensation, and embodiment rather than performance or positivity
Work that unfolds slowly and rewards rereading
This is not content designed to be skimmed. It’s written to be felt.
Why This Work Is Different
I’m less interested in telling you what to do than in helping you understand what your nervous system is already doing—and why. Much of what passes for “mental health advice” ignores the body entirely. This work begins there.
Pleasure is treated seriously here—not as indulgence or reward, but as a regulatory force. Shutdown is understood as protection. Anxiety is understood as physiology. Healing is framed as a process of listening, not overriding.
Who This Is For
This Substack tends to resonate with:
people who are high-functioning but quietly struggling
women noticing anxiety, numbness, or sexual shutdown
clinicians and thinkers who feel current models are incomplete
anyone sensing that the problem isn’t effort, but regulation
You don’t need to agree with everything I write. You do need to be willing to slow down and feel.
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By subscribing, you’re supporting long-form, independent writing that resists simplification. You’re helping create a space where bodies are taken seriously—and where complexity isn’t flattened for clicks.
Most of all, you’re giving yourself permission to stay with questions that don’t have quick answers.
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