As my blog gains visibility, I want to set a few expectations.

This is an accurate retelling of my experience as I navigated life beginning in 2014, following a major breakup, and continuing through the death of my mother, Susan Conley (April 4, 2016).

• This not the only side of the story!

What you’ll read here is written from my perspective at the time. That means it contains cognitive distortions, missing information, bias, and a whole metric fuckton of “I didn’t know myself yet because I was taught to be normal in a body and brain that clearly never were.”

With that in mind:

• DO NOT dox the so-called “villains” in my story!

Seriously.
If you read something that makes you uncomfortable and decide to go “do something about it,” we are going to have a problem.

• If I wanted retaliation, I would have pursued it myself!

Most of the people who appear as antagonists in this story were carrying their own trauma, untreated mental health issues, or limitations they didn’t understand at the time. What I experienced was real and harmful—and I have since spoken with many of these people and repaired those relationships.

• DO NOT read something written in 2014 and assume it reflects reality in 2025!
  Growth happened. Context changed. People evolved.

Read with that awareness.

Content warning:
Rape · Suicidal ideation · Emotional abuse · Physical abuse · Psychological abuse · Grief · Anguish · Doom-spiral thinking

Welcome to the story of my life.

This isn’t Trauma Dumping.
It’s Lore Dropping.