Popular Turning Points
Insightful and poetic first-person accounts of turning points and transformations
Adventures of an agony uncle
What I’ve learned from 10 years of sifting through other people’s problems
by James McConnachie
More than survival
I suffered from PTSD for 10 years without knowing it. Psychodynamic therapy set me free
by Lucia Osborne-Crowley
Self out of joint
Sudden amnesia untethered me from my past. Was I the same person or had I become someone else?
by Steven Hales
Into the unknown, together
Six months into working a suicide helpline, I became a better conversationalist — and friend
by Natalia Dashan
Losing her, losing myself
My mother’s dementia ruptured her sense of self. Why did it also shake mine?
by Noga Arikha
Foggy bottom
Benzos probably saved my life. But I also don’t remember much of it
by Alex Smith
Lab at the edge of the world
When my daughter was bullied, I decided to homeschool her. A chain reaction ensued
by Lea Page
Exquisite fiend, ephemeral friend
Remember when smoking was the excuse for a sweet pause?
by Caroline Eden
What geometry taught me about grief
And how thinking about grief gave me new insights into geometry
by Michael Frame
Stronger
When grief and distraction spun my mind out of control, only the strain of my muscles could keep it intact
by Nancy Uddin
A haunting in Brooklyn
At 25, I saw my grandfather’s ghost. At 52, I think of what it may mean to be a ghost
by Kathleen Donohoe
Discarded
The end of a friendship cracked me apart, triggering hidden memories – and helping me heal old wounds
by Antonia Malchik
Professor’s little helper
Once I was prescribed Ritalin, I couldn’t do without it. How had I functioned before I got my pharmaceutical wings?
by Gordon Marino
A sister who wasn’t ours
We were her foster family for two and a half years. We had no claim to her, but she became part of us
by Kelsey Day