Patrick Bryce Wright, author

Handling different names and switching between parts     Photo by Chris Hardy on Unsplash As someone with dissociative identity disorder...

The moment I understood I am a they  Original image by Pixabay. Edited in Canva by Keith Miller.   Have you ever wondered what it’s like...

Brace yourselves for a journey into the depths of the unknown. Dive into a world where reality blurs and shadows hold secrets untold....

Since Conjure Hill is being released this month, I want to go on record and be clear: I am my own sensitivity reader. I wrote a novel...

We’re entitled to basic human coping mechanisms. TW: discussion of child abuse (physical abuse) Yesterday, I had to take my elderly cat...

Since Facing the Curse is being released tomorrow, on Dec. 2, I want to go on record and be clear: I am my own sensitivity reader. I...

I’m third gender, bi/pansexual, and neuro-divergent. I have Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and am hard of hearing, and my goal as a...

Abuse survivors, and most people in general, need to hear this:

Using writing to process trauma Over the course of just two weeks, I had four different people ask me if I think writing can either help...

I am ridiculously strong. All the traumas I experienced never made me weak. I have said elsewhere that I am a survivor of extreme...

If you are a member of Medium, please support me by reading this article here. A growing number of movies and novels love to portray...

There is really old writing advice that says, "Write what you know." I had always tried to follow it, although solid research can help...

The most important thing I learned during my recovery was not to blame myself. I think this post captures that well:

Here's a reality check about toddlers. Before you create a whole new generation of traumatized kids, stop and consider this:

Jeff Brown has some decent wisdom. Even if two people have the same type of trauma, their roads to recovery won't be the exact same.