• Happiness Engineers Are Worth it When it Comes to WordPress.com

    Happiness Engineers Are Worth it When it Comes to WordPress.com

    I have spent well over a decade working as a UX specialist — designing digital experiences, evaluating interfaces, and thinking deeply about what makes a product genuinely useful versus merely functional. In that time, I have reviewed, tested, and worked inside more platforms and tools than I can count. I approach every product with a trained, critical eye. I notice the friction. I notice the gaps. I notice when something has been built with the user…

  • My Honest Opinion of WordPress.com After More Than a Decade of Using It

    My Honest Opinion of WordPress.com After More Than a Decade of Using It

    There are few opinions I hold with more earned authority than my opinion of WordPress.com as a platform. I have been using it for over a decade, managing my blog through its many iterations, updates, interface overhauls, and evolving ecosystem of plugins and add-ons. I have watched it grow from a relatively straightforward blogging platform into what is now, by a considerable distance, the world’s most widely used content management system. Through all of that time,…

  • Borderline Personality Disorder and Life Expectancy: Examining the Evidence Behind the Premature Death Claim

    Borderline Personality Disorder and Life Expectancy: Examining the Evidence Behind the Premature Death Claim

    Among the many sobering realities associated with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), perhaps none demands more urgent clinical and public attention than its profound impact on life expectancy. A claim now circulating widely in mental health discourse — that BPD can shorten a person’s life by up to 20 years — is not a figure born of speculation. It is grounded in a growing body of peer-reviewed longitudinal research that collectively paints a troubling picture of premature…

  • 7 Things Every Person with Schizophrenia Should Know About the Mental Health Act in the UK

    7 Things Every Person with Schizophrenia Should Know About the Mental Health Act in the UK

    For individuals living with schizophrenia in the United Kingdom, understanding the legal framework that governs mental health care is not merely an academic exercise — it is a matter of fundamental rights. The Mental Health Act 1983, as significantly amended by the Mental Health Act 2007 and now further reformed by the Mental Health Act 2025, is the primary piece of legislation that determines when and how a person with a mental disorder can be detained…