Tag: trauma

• Notes From A 10 a.m. Appointment

  By Clara Olivo In which our protagonist enters the Zoom room for a psych evaluation, eager and nervous to uncover the next phase of her healing journey. The ‘doctor’ tells her, That’s a lot of loss for someone to have experienced by your age. Borderline personality disorder … But it has nothing to do with…

  kneebracepress

  March 16, 2023

  poetry

  adhd, borderline personality disorder, bpd, clara olivo, medical trauma, mental health, mental health is health, poem, poetry, ptsd, resistance, trauma

• Ode to Chronic Illness

  By Clara Olivo When the music hits it feels so goodPero esas cumbias hit differentAll over my bodythe same waythe painrides through my nervous systeminfecting every bit of me that moveswith every breathevery stepand the blink of my eyesjumping across the pain scale4 to 10 in less than 5 on a good day a solid…

  kneebracepress

  February 23, 2023

  poetry

  chronic illness, chronic pain, clara olivo, migrane, poem, poetry, resistance, trauma

• Try to Understand By Clara Olivo My autistic brainis not broken or wrongjust wired differently than most of the world’s.And in this neurotypical landscape,I must blend in with the broad strokesthat paint the palatable picture you see before you. The beauty is in the detailsthe truth between the lines.Shaping this multifaceted gemshimmering bright,blinding your eyes…

  kneebracepress

  January 26, 2023

  poetry

  autism, clara olivo, diagnosis, medical trauma, misdiagnosis, neurodivergence, poem, poetry, resistance, trauma

• An interview with Julian R. Vaca

  By Allison Stalberg Siebens In an alternative 1987, a disease ravages human memories. There is no cure, only artificial recall. The lucky ones, the recollectors, need the treatment only once a day. Freya Izquierdo isn’t lucky. The high school senior is a “degen” who needs artificial recall several times a day. Plagued by blinding half-memories…

  kneebracepress

  January 10, 2023

  author interview

  allison stalberg siebens, author interview, dystopia, grief, julian vaca, mental health, neurodivergence, sci-fi, trauma

• An interview with Clara Olivo

  By Allison Stalberg Siebens Clara Olivo’s The Whisper, The Storm and The Light In Between is a poetic memoir of diasporic despair and delight. An autobiographical reflection of the author’s journey as a queer, neurodivergent, disabled woman of color, Olivo’s collection touches on issues of American exceptionalism, race, miscegenation, and cultural memory. We spoke with…

  kneebracepress

  December 13, 2022

  author interview

  allison stalberg siebens, author interview, autism, clara olivo, cultural memory, fibromyalgia, grief, mental health, neurodivergence, poetry, race, trauma