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Writing a Trauma Memoir

Abandon all Hope, Ye Who Enter Here

Jul 22, 2024 • Paulla Rich Estes (she/her)

What Worries Me Most is My Attitude

About relocating. And lots of things.

May 31 • Paulla Rich Estes (she/her)

May 21 • Paulla Rich Estes (she/her)

The Ongoingness of Healing

And Trying to Stop Asking WHY.

Jan 22 • Paulla Rich Estes (she/her)

When I say I’ve finally finished a solid working draft of my memoir, I imagine my friends’ faces—the ones who’ve heard me say this four or five times…

Jan 1 • Paulla Rich Estes (she/her)

Most Popular

Sep 26, 2024 • Paulla Rich Estes (she/her)

I Flew to see My Mother on her 82nd Birthday

Sep 2, 2024 • Paulla Rich Estes (she/her)

I Asked my Therapist if I had Multiple Personality Disorder. Or Schizophrenia.

Oct 10, 2024 • Paulla Rich Estes (she/her)

My Mother was my Tormentor, My Father was Mr. Rogers

Aug 26, 2024 • Paulla Rich Estes (she/her)

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Where I've Been

Elbow Room and a Volta

Aug 25, 2025 • Paulla Rich Estes (she/her)

The Crisis Pregnancy Center Newsletter that Fuels my Hate Fire

Yes, I still subscribe.

Nov 4, 2024 • Paulla Rich Estes (she/her)

I Asked my Therapist if I had Multiple Personality Disorder. Or Schizophrenia.

If not, how come there were voices in my head.

Oct 10, 2024 • Paulla Rich Estes (she/her)

Every girl. Every woman.

Sep 26, 2024 • Paulla Rich Estes (she/her)

Refusing to Pray Made me Feel Free

After decades of listening to sermons that preached otherwise, imagine my surprise.

Sep 9, 2024 • Paulla Rich Estes (she/her)

I Flew to see My Mother on her 82nd Birthday

Am I the one that caused her to have a stroke?

Sep 2, 2024 • Paulla Rich Estes (she/her)