Category: ADHD

• HomoErratic- Same as it Ever Was

  “Omg. This is what my clients must have felt like.” That’s what I said when I called MHMR- Mental Health Mental Retardation of Texas. I found myself dialing the same number I referred at least 300 people to as a social worker. The Universe. That old crafty bish. Playing the long con. I’m not used […]

  Joshua Khatena

  March 22, 2019

  ADHD, Adventurer, Author, Bipolar, Blog, Breakdown, Consciousness, Depression, Empowerment, Gay, hope, Mental Health, Mountain, Nature, Questioning, self-care, soul, thankfulness, Travel, wanderlust, writer

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• Queer and Bloating in Wyoming- “Bipolar’s Coming at you like a dark horse”

  

  Don’t you kind of hate it when people say something happens for a reason? It’s a pretty great rationalization technique for a crisis after the fact. A “god in the gaps” defense to explain that this particular suffering has a purpose and to quell grumblers and complainers mulling around physical deserts or the ones we […]

  Joshua Khatena

  March 5, 2019

  ADHD, Adventurer, Author, Backpacking, Bipolar, Blog, Book, Breakdown, Depression, family, Gay, Mental Health, mexico, Mountain, National Park, Photography, Travel, wanderlust, writer

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• Back to tha Future/Final Reflections part 1

  

  Traveling may as well be a time warp because Mexico feels a world away from 8 days ago. I finally see the full picture- all the pieces and posts which have concluded to now. The past 7 marvelous confounding months were influenced by the last couple of intense weeks, and soul-searching couple of months in Texas. An epicene road trip through the American west was underscored by a silent rage tapped for the first time in my life. A legitimate frustration always brewing under the surface of this choppy swoop and clairvoyant waters.

  Joshua Khatena

  January 24, 2019

  ADHD, Adventurer, Author, Backpacking, Book, Breakdown, Canon Photography, Consciousness, Existentialism, Forest, Gay, hope, life, Lost, Mental Health, mexico, Mountain, Nature, Nature Photography, Oregon, Path, Photography, Questioning, Road trip, the Universe, Travel, wanderlust, writer

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