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How I Overcame PTSD After 20 Years
Doctors told me I was 100% disabled forever.
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The Freeze Kit Part 1: Understanding Freeze Mode
Aug 14, 2025
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How to Rewire Your Nervous System After Trauma and Chronic Stress
Mar 27, 2025
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Leon Macfayden
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Self-Harm & Suicide in Women
Jun 15, 2025
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Leon Macfayden
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Dom de Lima
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Why Men Die in Silence: What Suicidal Men Wish You Knew About Saving Their Lives
Dec 3, 2025
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Fear Never Left. I Just Stopped Running
What fear taught me about courage.
Jan 15
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Leon Macfayden
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Observations on Human Life from a Bleak Psych Ward
This place changed my life, but not how you would think.
Jan 11
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Leon Macfayden
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A Calm Place to Start Again
A free guide for rebuilding clarity after a difficult season.
Jan 10
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Leon Macfayden
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The Freeze Kit Part 5: Finding Your Way Back
Learning how to return without rushing the thaw
Jan 9
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Leon Macfayden
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The Freeze Kit Part 5: Finding Your Way Back
Learning how to return without rushing the thaw
Jan 9
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Leon Macfayden
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The Freeze Kit Part 4: The Guilt Trap
Why freeze makes you turn against yourself, and how to stop the shame loop.
Jan 1
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Leon Macfayden
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The Freeze Kit Part 3: Feeling Nothing
How to navigate emotional numbness, disconnection, and the emptiness of shutdown
Aug 28, 2025
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Leon Macfayden
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Fear Never Left. I Just Stopped Running
What fear taught me about courage.
Jan 15
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Faith in Yourself: The Belief That Changes Everything
You don’t need blind faith — just enough belief to let it overshadow your doubt.
Nov 9, 2025
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Leon Macfayden
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How to Break the Cycle of Fear, Doubt, and Backtracking That Keeps You Stuck.
The Moment You Finally Believe You Can Change
Nov 6, 2025
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Leon Macfayden
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When Your Reason Is Big Enough, Failure Stops Being an Option.
Finding your why
Nov 3, 2025
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Leon Macfayden
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Suicide
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I’ve Spoken to Hundreds of Suicidal People. None of Them Wanted to Die
The one thing that unites the desperate.
Jan 8
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Leon Macfayden
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The 4-Part Combo That Leads Some People to Die by Suicide
Break the chain, and you could save someone’s life.
Dec 24, 2025
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Leon Macfayden
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This One Thing May Be the Biggest Factor in Suicidal Behavior
If you have this, you have a reason to live.
Dec 14, 2025
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Leon Macfayden
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My Horrific Night in The Woods
Desperation and counting stars
Dec 6, 2025
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Leon Macfayden
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Healing
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Observations on Human Life from a Bleak Psych Ward
This place changed my life, but not how you would think.
Jan 11
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Leon Macfayden
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I Dread the Day When I Might Be Alone
The fear that won't go away.
Jan 4
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Leon Macfayden
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10 Things Patients Want From Psychiatrists
Humanity and professionalism would be a good start.
Dec 21, 2025
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Leon Macfayden
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The Heartbreaking Reality of Quitting Mental Health Medication
A personal journey through the consequences of cold turkey.
Nov 28, 2025
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Leon Macfayden
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PTSD
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4 Ways Trauma Anniversaries Are Agony for People with PTSD
When terror is attached to the calendar.
Dec 28, 2025
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Leon Macfayden
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My Horrific Night in The Woods
Desperation and counting stars
Dec 6, 2025
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Leon Macfayden
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How to Recognize the Early Symptoms of PTSD
And the amazing benefits of gradual exposure.
Oct 24, 2025
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Leon Macfayden
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How to Spot the Early Symptoms of PTSD
Get help early to increase your chances of recovery.
Oct 17, 2025
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Leon Macfayden
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Depression
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I Stayed Long Enough to See What Was Still Alive
What remained after identity, purpose, and certainty collapsed.
Jan 1
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Leon Macfayden
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Retiring From The Police Nearly Killed Me
What happens when your identity disappears overnight
Dec 19, 2025
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Leon Macfayden
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7 Signs That Warn Me of an Incoming Depressive Episode
Preparation is everything.
Nov 25, 2025
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Leon Macfayden
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6 Ways Our Dogs Help Depression
Unconditional love in furry form.
Oct 21, 2025
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Leon Macfayden
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Bullying
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Can Friendship Grow From Desperation?
The hardest punch.
Sep 7, 2025
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Leon Macfayden
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From Bullied to Bully and the Road to Redemption
I became everything I hated.
Sep 3, 2025
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Leon Macfayden
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How to Live With the Painful Consequences of Bullying
It’s time to take back control.
May 9, 2025
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Leon Macfayden
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How the Simple Discipline of Karate Saved My Life
The importance of doing things that test you.
Nov 24, 2024
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Leon Macfayden
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Q&A
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Living After the Unthinkable
Isabelle lost her husband to suicide. I lost myself to trauma. This is what survival really looks like.
Nov 15, 2025
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Leon Macfayden
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Isabelle
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Q&A With Allison Raskin
The Emotional Support Lady
Sep 17, 2025
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Leon Macfayden
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Allison Raskin
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The Truth About DID (It’s Not Split-Personalities or Serial Killers)
A Q&A with Leyna Vincent.
Jul 24, 2025
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Leon Macfayden
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Douglas Jonathan Vincent
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Q&A on Mild Cognitive Impairment
With Judi Bailey.
Jun 16, 2025
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Leon Macfayden
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Judi Bailey, M.Ed
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