Category Mental Health

Mental Health, Technology

I Learned How to Leave Before I Ever Learned How to Stay

Close-up of a hand holding a smartphone in a dark, textured space, the screen casting a soft glow while the surrounding environment fades into shadow.

I learned how to leave before I ever learned how to stay. Not physically. I was still there—sitting in the room, nodding, responding when I had to. But something in me knew how to step back, blur the edges, turn…

Stuart Delony
March 27, 2026

Formation, Mental Health

Some of Us Were Never Given a Baseline

Close-up of tense hands resting on a lap representing anxiety, hypervigilance, and a nervous system stuck in survival mode.

I thought I had asthma. Bad asthma—the kind that puts you in the hospital for a week. Twice. The second time, I was 15. At the ER, the doctor was surprised I was still conscious—let alone calm—with my blood oxygen…

Stuart Delony
March 19, 2026