Marie’s Blog
(fka ChatGPT-Assisted Deconstruction)
Dogs, Cats, and the Human Animal: Learning to Read Nervous Systems Without Performing
A practical, non-mystical framework for reading animals and humans: state, consent, pacing, and how trust forms when you stop forcing interpretation into words.
Choosing Not to Have a Child and the Question of Missing Out
A clear-eyed conversation about whether not having a child means missing a core human experience, and how different life paths open different forms of meaning without hierarchy or consolation.
What Sex Feels Like After Somatic Abuse and Religious Control
A grounded conversation about how sex can feel in a body shaped by vigilance, purity culture, and systems of control—and why presence matters more than intensity.
Museums Feel Crazy When the Present Is Still Burning
A reflection on why curated history and aestheticized trauma feel unreal when harm is ongoing and unresolved.
Moral Alignment Without Magical Thinking
Noticing how relief and meaning can trigger old reflexes about destiny, guidance, and having “done something right,” and learning to stay grounded anyway.
Emotional Realism Under the Helicopters
Living with fear that makes sense—and refusing to turn it into spectacle or self-centered panic.
A Calm Question About Power, Technology, and Enoughness
A grounded conversation about crypto, libertarianism, and what actually regulates a human nervous system in a collapsing world.
What Dying Feels Like When Your Life Finally Makes Sense
A calm, factual conversation about dying that emerges not from despair, but from stability, coherence, and a life that finally feels grounded in reality.
Emotional Realism in a Moment of White Panic
After witnessing ICE activity firsthand, I reflect on why staying grounded, integrated, and proportionate can be more ethical—and more effective—than panic, outrage, or performative fear.
Rebuilding the Self After Evangelical Christianity and Control Systems
A reflection on how culture, religion, family, and power structures shape our ability to feel directed, grounded, and alive.