DIARY OF A FLOPPING FISH

Well, I suppose I owe a bit of an explanation as to what exactly happened to the site. I have changed hosts from WordPress to Wix for a variety of reasons, and I thought I was able to import my posts, I still have to format them and add visuals back to most of them. Why did I move from WordPress to Wix? I could go on for a while about the reasons why I moved, but I don't want to create a post that could be seen as disenfranchising one website creation and hosting platform ove

During cold months like this, I really miss the sunsets in summer. Watching the sun disappear, throwing a beautiful array of yellows, oranges, and red as its last hurrah before it disappears under the horizon, always seemed to have so much hope. Lately the cold gives us a bittersweet sunset because it is just as […]

Today I’d like to write a bit of an update and to reassure everyone that I’m not gone. Diary of a Flopping Fish is still moving along, thought it is going quite slowly. As I have written about before, it if very hard to balance other obligations and expectations while still have enough left in […]

CPTSD, boundaries, and breaking free from control.

New homes, old triggers: How CPTSD survivors navigate the challenges of moving, from hypervigilance to food trauma in shared living spaces.

Explore how the 2025 Executive Order on homelessness overlooks mental health, PTSD, and workplace barriers while pushing forced treatment.

Managing symptoms of CPTSD can be difficult, especially since medications have such a low success rate and the symptoms are so pervasive. Trying to regulate ourselves and manage our various symptoms leads to self-isolation, which often keeps us stationary indoors. Because of physical trauma, many who live with CPTSD feel uncomfortable and disconnected from their […]

Moving is hard, but if you suffer from anxiety or CPTSD it can be even more taxing. How do you cope with moving and managing mental chaos?

Traverse City Walmart Stabbing: Could This Attack Have Been Prevented? Michigan is reeling from an attack at the Traverse City, Michigan Walmart on July 26, 2025 where a 42-year-old man “allegedly” stabbed 11 people at random with a folding knife. Luckily, though there were serious injuries, none of the stabbings were fatal, and bystanders helped […]

Well, I can’t believe it’s been nine years since I signed up with WordPress and launched this blog. I’d love to say time flies when you’re having fun, but honestly, it’s more accurate to say that sometimes, time just flies. The Beginning When I started this blog, I wasn’t sure what it would become—I was […]

Surrounded by Boxes Today I write surrounded by boxes full of things that are all attached to memories and events that occurred throughout my boyfriend and I’s lives. It is amazing how many things we can collect, and memories that come flooding back from them. What’s even more amazing is that all these memories attached […]

For many of us, the subject of family is a loaded one. I’m sure I’m not the only one whose blood family is large and diverse, and not everyone in a large family gets along. It’s fine not to get along with everyone, but it is dangerous to think you still have to associate with everyone regardless of how they treat you or what it costs to be “loyal.”