Starting up my dormant Substack after 15 years.
Taking the leap at sharing online after hiding for 30 years.
I’ve fired up my Substack and have decided to use it as the vehicle for sharing things I’ve learned from not-fun places.
Barely, But Here is a space for honest sharing about living with invisible depression, dissociation, and what remains after the life I spent 50+ years building fell apart.
I share from lived experience: decades of masked mental illness, the collapse of a 22-year marriage, homelessness, unemployment, financial loss, and the slow work of starting over later in life.
This isn’t packaged self-help or empty motivation—it’s an attempt to give language to experiences that are rarely named and often misunderstood.
Through essays, stories, videos, and reflections, I explore mental health, identity, grief, and meaning with restraint and clarity.
What I share comes from difficult places, but the wisdom is hard-won and real.
If you’ve ever felt unseen, emotionally offline, or quietly overwhelmed while life kept moving, this will feel familiar.
Subscribe if you’re looking for context and a voice that speaks from inside the experience—not above it.
And if you know someone who might benefit from this, please share it with them.
A reminder: I’m not a therapist.
This is only my experience being shared. If you’re in crisis, please reach out to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988, or visit 988lifeline.org.
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