An Ellie For Your Thoughts
An Ellie For Your Thoughts is a medley of essays and stories about my experiences as a barely-hatched adult traversing the woes of college, and touches on topics like mental health, childhood trauma, and queer love.
When writing for this column, I at times have felt like a meddler in my own life: it's the reporter in me that often takes over, channeled by the fire of an investigative journalist chasing a scoop. (Gossip! Drama! Ecstasy!) But it's also the (unlicensed) therapist in me, that unjudging therapeutic listener I turn to and cry to when I'm at my worst. And it's the human in me at the center of it all.
In these pages, you'll explore the inner workings of my psyche as I navigate through substance use, neurodivergence, and the hell of the Boston dating scene.