Published in About Me Stories·Apr 28A Self-Love PoemThe most magnificent of all human creatures is you. If you were taught differently, you were taught wrong. There is nothing wrong with your spirit that you cannot heal. If you were told differently you were lied to. You were born to do good in the world, oh yes you…Trauma2 min read
Apr 4*The Craig Lewis Manifesto for Liberation from Capitalist Devastation*F*CKING SURVIVORS SURVIVE Do not read further if you cannot handle learning specific details about myself and others experiencing sexual violations, who is responsible, and what I am doing to heal myself, and hopefully protect others* If you know me you know that something happened to me. The details are…Survivor17 min read
Published in Invisible Illness·Jul 29, 2020You’re Not That ImportantYou’re not that important, that’s the first thing you need to remember. You think you’re important but you’re really not. You really don’t matter and you really need to shut up. Remember you’re not that important so get it through your head. Your feelings don’t matter so please stop trying. …Recovery2 min read
Published in Invisible Illness·Jun 9, 2020I Am 46 Years Old and I’m Being BulliedHere are five ways I am coping. — I’m a 46 year-old American man originally from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. I am now living in a beautiful, safe, and spiritual town in the south of Mexico. I left the United States to attempt to heal from the impact of long-term bullying. It’s become hard for me to trust…Cptsd7 min read
Mar 19, 2020C-PTSD Survivor Sharing Wisdom & Love (For All Humans in Need)C-PTSD Survivor Sharing Wisdom & Love (For All Humans in Need) This nearly 11 minute video is intended to benefit anyone struggling during these challenging times. I have survived the…1 min read
Published in Invisible Illness·Dec 31, 2019Letters of Forgiveness to the Unrepentant: The BeginningAs I soak in the love of the Caribbean Sea, and as I face the totality of my life; I have made my decision. I have been forced to accept that sometimes some people do some not so nice things. I have been furious about what has happened to me. …Costa Rica2 min read
Published in Invisible Illness·Nov 18, 2019I Choose ToI created this list and poster, as an offering of ideas to any person who may feel stuck in the moment. My personal story includes me having survived unusual and strange trauma and I live with this every day of my life. I personally know what it feels like to…Mental Health2 min read
Sep 16, 20195 Reasons Why I Willingly Risked Everything, Without a Back-up PlanYou learn a lot being a survivor when all you’ve got are other survivors. Four months ago, I flew from Providence Rhode Island to Paris France for $150 after I said goodbye to my best friend, a 28-toed feline soulmate. Most of my belongings went into the garbage. I kept what I could locked haphazardly in a storage space. I didn’t say goodbye to…Suicide3 min read
Published in Invisible Illness·Aug 24, 2019Breaking The Rules Saved A Man’s LifeIn 2014, in Boston, Massachusetts, while working at a Department of Mental Health Facility, for a local mental health agency as a Certified Peer Specialist, I went to visit one of my “guys”. As I was walking in, I came across another one of my “guys”. …Mental Health3 min read
Aug 17, 20193 Steps to Handle the Pain of Being GaslightedGaslighting is what a very hurt person does to have some sort of control. How can we hear it without taking it personally? If you are a human being — and we know you are — then, at one point in time or another, you have been gaslighted. Due to being human — if for no other reason — at one time or another, you have also done something that hurt another person…Trauma3 min read