Tag: Mental Health

When Asking for Help Becomes a Charge: The USS Abraham Lincoln, Military Suicide, and What Institutional Betrayal Looks Like (August 31, 2026)

August 31, 2026

A Disaster of the U.S. Military’s Own Making – Austin Valley’s Death Exposed the Army’s Most Urgent Challenge: A Suicide Crisis Among Soldiers in Peacetime Copyright © Jennifer Norris. All rights reserved. When I read that a 19-year-old sailor aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln reportedly survived a suicide attempt and was then accused of malingering and being absent … More When Asking for Help Becomes a Charge: The USS Abraham Lincoln, Military Suicide, and What Institutional Betrayal Looks Like (August 31, 2026)

From Excitement to Survival Mode: The Albuquerque Trip That Changed How I Trusted, Traveled, and Protected Myself (August 28, 2026)

August 28, 2026

Divinely Protected: The Lord’s Prayer I Prayed at San Felipe de Neri Parish in Albuquerque, New Mexico Before Everything Changed (March 6, 2013) Copyright © Jennifer Norris. All rights reserved. March 5–8, 2013 On March 5, 2013, I boarded a plane for Albuquerque believing I was entering an exciting new chapter of my military sexual assault … More From Excitement to Survival Mode: The Albuquerque Trip That Changed How I Trusted, Traveled, and Protected Myself (August 28, 2026)

Gang Bullying Behaviors: Seven Patterns That Reveal How Group Abuse Works (August 21, 2026)

August 21, 2026

When Image Matters More Than Truth: How Toxic People Control the Narrative and Create Scapegoats to Avoid Accountability (August 5, 2026) Gang bullying is rarely just one person behaving badly. It is a group dynamic in which multiple people participate in exclusion, humiliation, rumor-spreading, intimidation, or other forms of social aggression against a targeted person. What makes it … More Gang Bullying Behaviors: Seven Patterns That Reveal How Group Abuse Works (August 21, 2026)

Toxic Air Force Leadership, CPTSD, and Institutional Betrayal: How a Squadron Commander Failed Two Vulnerable Airmen (August 13, 2026)

August 13, 2026

Workplace Betrayal & Ostracism: A Letter to the Commander Explaining How Toxic Military Leaders Negatively Impact CPTSD (2010) How failed supervision, professional jealousy, medical-retirement obstruction, and command indifference compounded decades of trauma, military sexual trauma, brain injury, and toxic exposure. By Jennifer Norris, U.S. Air Force RetiredAugust 13, 2026 He Wasn’t Protecting the Mission. He Was … More Toxic Air Force Leadership, CPTSD, and Institutional Betrayal: How a Squadron Commander Failed Two Vulnerable Airmen (August 13, 2026)

The Sneaky Predator at the Barbecue: Why “The Sociopath Next Door” Book Is an Essential Wake-Up Call for Society (August 9, 2026)

August 9, 2026

Order here: The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout, Ph.D. Book: The Sociopath Next DoorAuthor: Martha Stout, Ph.D.Originally published: 2005Genre: Psychology, human behavior, personal safety Summary of Amazon Book Description: In The Sociopath Next Door, Martha Stout explains how sociopaths can hide behind charm, intelligence, charisma, and apparent sincerity while exploiting others without empathy, guilt, or remorse. Through compelling character … More The Sneaky Predator at the Barbecue: Why “The Sociopath Next Door” Book Is an Essential Wake-Up Call for Society (August 9, 2026)

The Masks Trauma Made Us Wear: How Treatment Helped Us Find Our Confidence Again (August 8, 2026)

August 8, 2026

Jennifer and Lee: Until Death Do Us Part (2024) Please Hear What I’m Not Saying Don’t be fooled by me.Don’t be fooled by the face I wearFor I wear a mask. I wear a thousand masks—masks that I’m afraid to take offand none of them are me.Pretending is an art that’s second nature with meBut don’t … More The Masks Trauma Made Us Wear: How Treatment Helped Us Find Our Confidence Again (August 8, 2026)

Two Loving Fathers, One Cruel Pattern: Understanding Parental Alienation and Family Erasure (August 7, 2026)

August 7, 2026

Parental Alienation: I Watched What Happened to My Father Happen to My Husband & It Broke Me (2024) For most of my life, I believed the story I had been told about my father. I was repeatedly told that he was “evil,” while the abuse happening inside my own home was minimized, excused, or ignored. My … More Two Loving Fathers, One Cruel Pattern: Understanding Parental Alienation and Family Erasure (August 7, 2026)

Lessons We Learned After Being Scapegoated by Toxic Leaders, Authorities and Public Figures (August 6, 2026)

August 6, 2026

Surviving Injustice: Disabled Veterans Battling to Overcome a Defamatory Article in a Rural Maine Newspaper (2024) How two medically retired disabled veterans became targets—not because we were the problem, but because we were vulnerable. One of the hardest lessons I have ever learned is this: Toxic people don’t always target the loudest person in the room. … More Lessons We Learned After Being Scapegoated by Toxic Leaders, Authorities and Public Figures (August 6, 2026)

When Image Matters More Than Truth: How Toxic People Control the Narrative and Create Scapegoats to Avoid Accountability (August 5, 2026)

August 5, 2026

Parental Alienation: I Watched What Happened to My Father Happen to My Husband & It Broke Me (2024) There is a quiet kind of violence that doesn’t leave bruises. It happens when people decide that protecting their reputation is more important than protecting the people they hurt. Instead of taking responsibility, they reshape reality. They rewrite … More When Image Matters More Than Truth: How Toxic People Control the Narrative and Create Scapegoats to Avoid Accountability (August 5, 2026)

Some Children Grow Up Way Too Soon—and Then Become Unstoppable (August 4, 2026)

August 4, 2026

“I Just Want to Disappear”: The End Result of a Lifetime of Dehumanization and Abuse (2024) At first glance, that quote sounds like confidence. In reality, it’s the voice of someone who learned to survive long before they ever had the chance to simply be a child. Many people who grow up in abusive, neglectful, or … More Some Children Grow Up Way Too Soon—and Then Become Unstoppable (August 4, 2026)