Essays
Essays examining psychological clarity, emotional regulation, identity, and the conditions that allow coherent thought and action.
About this series
This series consists of long-form psychological essays focused on understanding how attention, emotion, identity, and meaning function under modern conditions. These pieces are analytic rather than reactive, and explanatory rather than persuasive. They are written to clarify underlying psychological structures, not to comment on current events or offer personal guidance. The emphasis is on coherence: how inner life organizes itself, where it breaks down, and what allows it to stabilize again.
How Your Childhood ‘Love Language’ Warps Your Adult Relationships
What if your love language isn’t a preference—but a survival strategy you learned as a child? This essay peels back the glossy surface of the “Five Love Languages” and reveals the attachment wounds beneath them. Before you ask someone to speak your language, ask who taught you what love had to cost.