Helder said the goal of therapy was to make a container to hold all the disparate selves. I was going to need a big container. One that could hold hordes.

“I loved the idea of a subversive world where mental illness was defined as just…”

“As children, we are profoundly loyal to our parents, and to their pain: I wante…”

“Writing a book is exactly like love. You don’t hold back. You give it everythin…”

“In childhood, it’s our parents who give us our standards for experience: “Here’…”