Annam M Gordon
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My books and writing focus on real people. These stories come from lived experience. I collaborate with individuals and mental health professionals. I am not a psychologist or therapist, just a writer committed to authenticity and care.
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When “I’m Good” Isn’t Good Enough
This is not an argument against hope, gratitude, or trying to stay grounded when life gets hard. It is about the pressure people put on themselves and each other to act okay when they are not okay. There is a difference between real resilience and forced positivity, and that difference is more important than some of us like to admit.
By Annam M Gordon6 days ago in Psyche
A mirror only feels harmless when it is pointed somewhere else
You know how it goes. Most people can tolerate truth just fine as long as it stays theoretical. As long as it belongs to someone they can observe from afar, analyze, judge, maybe even feel a little sorry for. They sit at a safe distance and call it honesty and talk all day long about self-awareness, accountability, emotional maturity, healing, patterns.
By Annam M Gordon8 days ago in Psyche
What Survives After Editing
Writing usually starts out in a worse form than people ever get to see. It comes out messy, repetitive, overexplained, and half-formed. Editing is where you go back, cut what’s dead, fix what’s weak, and keep only what still holds. That’s the point where writing either gets better or gets abandoned.
By Annam M Gordon13 days ago in Writers
The Damage That Stays
Some people will do anything if they think there is something to gain. If they see a benefit, they go after it. What is wrong with that kind of person is not ambition. Wanting to succeed is normal. The problem starts when success becomes the only thing they see.
By Annam M Gordon21 days ago in Psyche
Good or Bad Isn’t an Explanation
by Annam M Gordon When people describe others as good or bad, they usually think they are explaining behavior. They are not. They are making a moral judgment. That judgment may be understandable, justified, or socially useful, but it is not the same thing as a psychological explanation.
By Annam M Gordon22 days ago in Psyche
Love Used as Control and Praise Is the Leverage.
In some toxic family dynamics, control is built through praise, attention, and emotional reward. One family member positions themselves as the source of approval. They constantly lift certain people up, praise them publicly, single them out, and make them feel chosen, special, or important. On the surface, it looks supportive. It looks loving. It looks like pride.
By Annam M Gordon23 days ago in Psyche
