by The Anti-Therapist | May 7, 2026 | Complex Trauma, Dissociation, Plurality, Relational Healing
“But they aren’t really children.” That sentence gets said in a lot of different tones. Sometimes it sounds clinical, like a quiet correction offered with professional confidence. Sometimes it sounds skeptical, like someone testing the edges of a reality they don’t...
by The Anti-Therapist | Apr 14, 2026 | Complex Trauma, Power and Systems in Mental Health, Relational Healing, Trauma-informed
There’s a phrase floating around right now like a trendy little lint ball stuck to everyone’s emotional sweater: “trauma dumping.” The general public throws it around to sound psychologically informed, therapists whisper it to each other as a warning sign, and somehow...
by The Anti-Therapist | Apr 7, 2026 | Attachment, Community Building, Relational Healing
There is a particular kind of relationship that confuses people more than outright rejection ever could. It has warmth. It has familiarity. It even has moments of real depth. You might laugh easily. You might share meaningful things. You might leave thinking, this is...
by The Anti-Therapist | Jan 18, 2026 | Community Building, Relational Healing
We are starving in a world that calls texting friendship. This isn’t nostalgia. This isn’t “missing the old days.” This is relational starvation. The kind you feel in your chest at night when you’ve technically “talked to people all day” and still feel hollow. The...
by The Anti-Therapist | Dec 22, 2025 | Complex Trauma, Plurality, Relational Healing, Seasons & Holidays, Trauma-informed
A rebellion against holiday capitalism and a return to what actually keeps us fed, safe, supported, and human. The Holidays Weren’t Built for Survival The holidays pretend to be universal joy… a magical pause button… a sacred season of belonging. But let’s get fucking...
by The Anti-Therapist | Dec 19, 2025 | Attachment, Complex Trauma, Dissociation, Plurality, Relational Healing, Trauma-informed
Why Plurals Experience Abandonment as a Full-Body Collapse Abandonment and rejection are not simple wounds. Not for complex trauma survivors. Not for plurals. These wounds are annihilation-level events… The kind of psychic earthquakes that crack through every layer of...
