The Unclenching Project
Jamie LeeEssays on survival, systems, and becoming whole without asking permission; a place where survival isn’t clean, and becoming isn’t quiet.
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Why Didn’t You Tell Anyone?
(The watercolor portrait was created for my father by a friend while he was serving a federal prison sentence for CSAM offenses. The red drawing surrounding it represents how he felt to me as a child.)
People often ask...
📖 From muskrats to mudbugs
This is chapter 3 of my unpublished narrative memoir, Yet Another Survivors Story.
Chapter 1, Inherited
Chapter 2, She was Not the Story They Told Me
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Once my mom and dad got together, dad lan...
What Happens to a Nervous System When You Live in a World That Doesn’t Feel Safe?
People often ask trauma survivors why we’re “still so affected.”
Why we’re still angry.
Why politics feel personal.
Why certain words hit so hard.
Why we can’t simply “agree to disagree.”
Why we’re always bracing.
What many people fai...
We Didn’t Leave Because of One Sermon
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One of the strangest conversations I have with younger LGBTQ people is discovering that we can look at the same family, church, or cul...
The Loneliness of Being the Family Heretic
There is a particular kind of loneliness that comes from being the only one.
The only atheist.
The only queer person.
The only one who says, “That hurt me,” when everyone else wants to move on.
The only one who remembers.
People often...
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What kept me alive wasn’t always safe. What hurt me wasn’t simple. The Unclenching Project explores trauma, healing, and the systems shaping both—through essays, memoir, and real-time reflections.
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