I recently submitted my story of the last two years of my life to The Huffington Post’s “Quarter Life Crisis” series. I feel that I have taken a risk by exposing the most intimate details of my young life but, as Anderson Cooper recently wrote, “the tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible.” You can read my piece here: Addiction & Mental Illness: My Quarter Life Crisis.
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This is so amazing. SO proud to know you and, per usual, I am incredibly impressed by your both writing skills and your self-confidence.
thanks, Kat!
Rather than commenting here and on The Huffington Post, I’m putting a single comment here. You’ve overcome a lot. It makes me feel a little bad. I’m a few years older than you (will be 29 in October) and, though you have a better grasp on what you want from a career, I haven’t been through anything as trying as you have. My occasional, mini freakouts just seem like whining now.
Thanks, Alicia. I don’t know your story like you now know mine, but I would say that every person has their own journey and their own troubles. I’ve found that comparing my experiences to others’ gets me nowhere, so instead I try to identify with them. Does this make sense?