Archive - Danielle’s Newsletter

My wombless life - the fig tree

The rage, the sorrow -

Jan 13 • Dr. Danielle Donelson

Wanting to die -

profound despair and waiting desperately, constantly, for opportunities to release it

Jan 7 • Dr. Danielle Donelson

The Gut Punch--

Jan 1 • Dr. Danielle Donelson

When the only person you want to talk to...

Jan 1 • Dr. Danielle Donelson

4:07

When the only one you want to talk to...

Jan 1 • Dr. Danielle Donelson

December 2025

Suicide as Contagion?

Is suicide a contagion?

Dec 28, 2025 • Dr. Danielle Donelson

Yearning for Oblivion

I read the above phrase in the book, Better: a Memoir About Wanting to Die, by Arianna Rebolini.

Dec 28, 2025 • Dr. Danielle Donelson

Toothless Christmas

Dec 27, 2025 • Dr. Danielle Donelson

5:27

A Toothless Christmas

I grew up in a family of people with bad teeth - my mother, my father, my grandmother—people had dentures, cavities, problems with root canals and…

Dec 27, 2025 • Dr. Danielle Donelson

Insipid Small Talk

I do less and less small talk, as I get older.

Dec 24, 2025 • Dr. Danielle Donelson

"The most wonderful time of the year"

Six years ago about this time, I was entered a Walgreens in the town of Concord, NC.

Dec 24, 2025 • Dr. Danielle Donelson

Anger and Guilt

With suicide loss - renamed, reframed, revealed

Dec 24, 2025 • Dr. Danielle Donelson

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