“psiq – Salute Mentale – Istruzioni per l’uso”: recensione e highlights

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Era lunedì, e avevo deciso di smettere. Non per morale, ma per curiosità. Cinque giorni dopo, il corpo chiedeva la sua dose. Una volta mi accadeva con l'alcol. Più di recente è successo con cannabis, caffé e cellulare. Di lunedì ho iniziato le mie strisce di astinenza. Dopo vari tentativi le ho trasformate in indipendenza. … Continue reading “psiq – Salute Mentale – Istruzioni per l’uso”: recensione e highlights

A Family Memoir in Progress — Episode 2: Osvaldo’s Childhood Adventures

Young Osvaldo was a reckless force of nature who tested every boundary—swimming in freezing March waters at three, stealing coins from a sacred cliff above a deadly precipice, breaking everything he touched, and learning hard lessons through his mother's words rather than her fists. These wild childhood years in 1950s-60s Gaeta revealed a boy with two sides: the devil who caused chaos outside and the jester who made his family laugh at dinner, until shame and consequence began transforming him from demon to lamb.

A Family Memoir in Progress — Introduction & Episode 1

I've spent countless hours on video calls recording my parents and relatives' voices, transcribing their stories, and discovering an Italy that no longer exists. Today I'm sharing the beginning—the 'why' behind this project, and the opening pages of my father's story.

Art and the Search for Meaning – A commentary on D. Randall Blythe’s “Just Beyond the Light”

A personal reflection on D. Randall Blythe’s Just Beyond the Light — where extreme metal, Stoicism, sobriety, and fatherhood converge in the search for meaning.