by Cole Bankston | Jun 9, 2025 | OCD
Imagine your friend tells you they have OCD. You picture a person alphabetizing their spice rackbby emotional trauma level. Then someone else says they have OCPD, and you nod like you understand, even though internally you’re thinking, “Wait, there’s...
by Cole Bankston | Jun 2, 2025 | Mental Health
If you Google “Histrionic Personality Disorder,” you’ll get a paragraph that sounds like it was written by a therapist who was mad that someone wore leopard print to a session. Histrionic comes from the word histrio, which is Latin for “actor.” Which means if you’ve...
by Cole Bankston | Apr 24, 2025 | BPD
Hi. My name isn’t important, but for the purposes of credibility, let’s pretend I’m a licensed professional with a background in mental health. When people hear “BPD,” their brains often scramble the letters and assume you’re talking about bipolar disorder. But BPD...
by Cole Bankston | Dec 2, 2024 | Trauma
The holidays arrive, adorned in nostalgia but pulsing with anxiety, especially for those who’ve experienced religious trauma. Navigating family dynamics during this time often involves setting boundaries—an essential to protect your psyche....
by Cole Bankston | Oct 10, 2024 | Trauma
Why don’t you touch a hot stove with your bare hands? Is it because it’s immoral? Because God forbids it? Because people around you would ostracize you if you did? No, the reason you don’t touch a hot stove is simple: it’s painful. This seems obvious. But for those...
