Cracked Open
David B Younger, PhDEvery week, I offer experiences to navigate living with a disability, relationships, and the impossible parts of life. Informed by 25 years as a psychologist and my own journey with chronic illness. Join me for honest perspectives on embracing equanimity.
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The People Who Hold the Frame
Mesmerized by The Two Fridas at the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City
I hadn’t traveled abroad in seven years. I hadn’t traveled at all for five, until last fall when we went to visit close friends in Seattle. I had written it off becaus...
The Invisible Disability Hierarchy That Keeps Us Divided
1000 Shadows, Herbert Baglione, Journal du Design, 2025
There’s an invisible hierarchy of disability that nobody admits exists, implicitly determining who gets sympathy, accommodations, and who has to fight just to be believed.
I’m a stra...
Ableism Is Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts
My son going back to the field to find his friends after graduation because we couldn’t be there with him
A few weeks before my son’s college graduation, he came home and told us about the field tradition after the ceremony where all the f...
I’m Deeply Grateful for My Life… and I Still Feel Like a Burden
Free Dance, digital painting by Judith Alalu, 2023
Feeling like a burden fucking sucks. I have so many needs and they’re only expanding. My needs require human hands and money to pay for them. I need help cooking my food, showering, getti...
Letter to My Son For His College Graduation
It feels like yesterday when we dropped you off at school. That was one of the hardest days for me. It hit me like a tsunami the night before as I was getting ready to fall asleep and the tears just started pouring out of me and I was waili...
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Tired of fighting what can't be changed? I write about living with ongoing loss, chronic illness and shame without bypassing the real pain. Raw, honest insights into softening to what you cannot change.
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