When the Help Hurts: What Happens When Treatment Makes Things Worse We tell people to get help. But what if the help is part of the harm?...

Can You Be Forgiven Without Being Excused? What we get wrong about redemption—and why it matters more than ever. This one’s hard to...

In this final week, we reflect on what it means to take ownership after unthinkable actions. The post wrestles with the paradox of seeking redemption without minimizing damage—and how owning your story might be the only way to stop someone else from crashing.

This post examines what “guilty but mentally ill” actually means—and why most people don’t understand the difference between legal blame and psychological collapse. It also explores the dehumanizing nature of true crime culture, compared to the long, silent years of reckoning behind bars.

What we watch, what we scroll, what we absorb—it shapes us more than we think. This post explores the slow desensitization to violence, and how dark content becomes a mirror for those already in pain. Not every teen who watches violent media will act out—but what happens when they already feel invisible, angry, and numb?

Too often, the wrong diagnosis—or the right one handled carelessly—can send someone deeper into darkness instead of pulling them out. This post explores the real damage that can happen when the “solution” (like Vyvanse or therapy) is surface-level. It also highlights how trust in systems—medical, family, and societal—can be permanently broken.