Popular Turning Points
Insightful and poetic first-person accounts of turning points and transformations
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
More than survival
I suffered from PTSD for 10 years without knowing it. Psychodynamic therapy set me free
by Lucia Osborne-Crowley
Into the unknown, together
Six months into working a suicide helpline, I became a better conversationalist — and friend
by Natalia Dashan
Exquisite fiend, ephemeral friend
Remember when smoking was the excuse for a sweet pause?
by Caroline Eden
Lab at the edge of the world
When my daughter was bullied, I decided to homeschool her. A chain reaction ensued
by Lea Page
What geometry taught me about grief
And how thinking about grief gave me new insights into geometry
by Michael Frame
Discarded
The end of a friendship cracked me apart, triggering hidden memories – and helping me heal old wounds
by Antonia Malchik
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
Love, shame and 325 bags of trash
In my mother’s hoarding house, I found something I wanted to keep
by Deborah Derrickson Kossmann
Foggy bottom
Benzos probably saved my life. But I also don’t remember much of it
by Alex Smith
In the hole
A metaphor for depression became a catalyst, and I started to reinvent my approach to suffering
by Tasha Eichenseher
Money
When an investment tanked and buried us in debt, we had to face the truth of how we’d gotten there
by Carol Berkower
Confessions of a teenage fundamentalist
My world was dark and scary. But beautiful things crept in, and threats of hell just couldn’t compete
by Liz Boltz Ranfeld
Exposure
Wracked with unknown fear, I’d never been able to sleep through the night. Then I went scuba diving
by Lindsay Lee Wallace
Synchronicity
Long ago, I gave a boy a greenfinch. That moment followed me in ways I’m still puzzling over
by Katia Ariel