Sam Dylan Finch

People-Pleasing Can Be a Trauma Response, ‘Fawning’ — Here’s How to Recognize It

“I avoided those relationships where love was free and easy. Because it didn’t feel earned, so I didn’t feel worthy.”

Dear Body: A peace treaty with my queer, trans, and recovering body.

I’m breathless now, looking back at all the ways you would not back down from survival.

7 (Totally Wrong) Reasons I Didn’t Think I Had An Eating Disorder

Eating disorders are built on a house of lies, but if it’s the only house you’ve ever lived in, you just won’t see it that way.

I preached body positivity — and sunk deeper into my eating disorder at the same time.

I used my proximity to body positive spaces to disregard the very idea that I needed help — and I’m paying the price physically, mentally, and emotionally now.

When they misgendered you at your memorial

“You never lived to see the day when your life didn’t require a disclaimer — instead, your death now required one, too.”

5 important mistakes I made as a partner to someone with chronic illness.

As much as I hate admitting this, these were lessons that I often learned the hard way.