Trauma For Dummies

It's always something with memoirists

I'm waiting on a scary phone call, can you hold my clammy hand?

Jul 9 • Erin McReynolds

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April 2026

In praise of not being published young

With special guests cacao nibs, the Greeks (modern, not ancient), and Yogi Berra

Apr 7 • Erin McReynolds

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January 2026

Dear Romy Reiner: One day it will be years from now

Ah-woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Jan 12 • Erin McReynolds

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December 2025

Letters of Recommendation: The 5-Year Diary

My favorite gift to give people who could use both perspective and faith in the future. (So, everybody.)

Dec 16, 2025 • Erin McReynolds

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October 2025

Cartoon: Grief Candle

That time I tried to buy something to make myself feel better, and it did

Oct 28, 2025 • Erin McReynolds

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February 2025

When the sword grows heavy

I can't go on. I'll go on.

Feb 17, 2025 • Erin McReynolds

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January 2025

Notes from the Overwhelm

Two men walk into a woman-owned bar

Jan 23, 2025 • Erin McReynolds

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December 2024

My Dinner With Cheryl

We said we wouldn't die the way our mothers did.

Dec 23, 2024 • Erin McReynolds

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October 2024

Working on a pearl

Another way to think about avoidance

Oct 29, 2024 • Erin McReynolds

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Summer of Sad

A cartoon about traumaversaries

Oct 4, 2024 • Erin McReynolds

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September 2024

August 2024

Dissociate your way to success

If you haven't gone full possum during an interview, then are you really living?

Aug 6, 2024 • Erin McReynolds

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