For most of my life, if you were in my world, you served a purpose. That’s not easy to say. But it’s honest. People weren’t people to me — not really. They were what they could offer. Useful until they weren’t. Present until I was done. I moved through relationships like a transaction, and I … Read more
I found out something about myself alone talking to a chatbot. Not because the AI was brilliant. Not because it said something a therapist couldn’t. But because it was safe. No face on the other end. No one who’d see me at work the next morning. No risk. I could finally say the thing out loud — even if “out loud” just … Read more