Cracked Open
David B Younger, Sarah Levis, When Pain WritesEssays on disability, psychology, love, shame, grief, and the ongoing practice of meeting life as it is.
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This Too
Distortions, digital painting by Judith Alalu, 2022
I woke abruptly again last night like I’ve been waking most nights lately, my mind and body already going before I was fully aware of being awake. My left leg was tingling due to nerve co...
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Turn and Face the Strange
The Abyss, digital painting by Judith Alalu, 2025
One of my biggest growth edges is navigating the felt abyss that divides what I expected life to be from what life actually is. The waters that have carved that space have originated predom...
What I Cannot Say
The Sea Turtle, digital painting by Judith Alalu, 2024
This has been one of the hardest weeks of my life. I’m not here to talk about why. I’m here to share what I can as I work through it. I’m feeling so much right now and I’m more aware t...
Watching the Shadows on the Wall
“It is the truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.” - Jiddu Krishnamurti
Platon Cave Sanraedam, Jan Saenredam, 1604
I walked with my rollator some twenty feet, from the chair in my bedroom to the chair in my office, and I felt e...
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I’m a husband, father, psychologist, reluctant expert in muscular dystrophy, and recovering neurotic. I write about disability, shame, anxiety, and the ongoing process of becoming more at home in a life and body I didn’t choose.
I write about disability, power, and the wisdom of lived experience. My work challenges dominant narratives about disability and explores what those narratives reveal about agency, embodiment, and what it means to be human.
Substack When Pain Writes. Drawing on literature, philosophy, and personal experience, this Substack explores what cannot be easily narrated.
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