Victim Monsters: When the Wounded Become the Wound
Stardate 2026.205 · D915 There’s a kind of person our language isn’t built to hold. We have a word for the villain — the one who hurts people because something in them is broken toward cruelty. And we have a word for the victim — the one hurt through no fault of their own, owed […]
Traumatic Intelligence: The Internet Finally Named the Thing
Stardate 2026.203 · D913 Stardate 2026.204 · D914 There’s a term moving through the feeds right now — TikTok, Substack, YouTube, Medium — called traumatic intelligence. The short version: when a mind grows up inside an unpredictable or emotionally unsafe environment, it can develop high-speed threat forecasting. Hundreds of micro-signals processed at once — tone, […]
The Invisible Leash: 5 Impactful Truths About Growing Up Under Maternal Narcissism
Stardate 2026.203 · D913 To the outside world, you are the architect of a perfect life. You are the high-achiever, the tireless professional, the one everyone relies on. Yet, in the quiet moments between accolades, a persistent sense of fraudulence haunts you. You move through your days with a “high-functioning” mask, fearing that any minor […]
The Narcissistic Family System: A Guide to Behavioral Archetypes
Stardate 2026.201 · D911 1. Foundations: The Family as a Narcissistic Extension In a healthy family system, parents provide the emotional attunement necessary for a child to develop a secure sense of self. However, when a mother suffers from Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) or the more subtle “Covert Narcissism,” this dynamic undergoes a pathological inversion. […]
The 911 House: When Your Faith Was Built for Emergencies
Some of us didn’t build a home for our faith. We built a triage center. And now we’re wondering why we can’t rest inside it.
The Psychiatrist Who Thinks We’re All Wrong About Trauma — Sitting With Hannah Spier
Stardate 2026.137 · D847 The Psychiatrist Who Thinks We’re All Wrong About Trauma Sitting With Hannah Spier I found her by accident. YouTube’s algorithm — which has been studying me longer than my therapist has — surfaced a long-form lecture by a woman in glasses with a slight Norwegian accent talking calmly into a camera […]