About Me
Hi, I’m Jack.
I’m an adopted New Yorker, a writer, and a living-with-complex-PTSD (CPTSD) survivor. This site is my digital home away from home, a little corner of the internet where I unpack the mess, the magic, and the meaning of surviving trauma and healing from it.
Where It Started
For a long time, I didn’t have the words for what I was going through. Anxiety. Hypervigilance. Self-doubt. A brain that never shut off. It all just felt… normal. Until it didn’t.
A CPTSD diagnosis turned everything upside down, but also gave me language. It gave me insight. And eventually, it gave me the tools to begin reclaiming my life.
Where CPTSD Comes In
In my early 40s, I was diagnosed with complex PTSD, the result of childhood sexual abuse I experienced between the ages of 5 and 9. I buried it for years. I didn’t have the tools, or the words, to name it. But trauma has a way of making itself known, and eventually, I had no choice but to face it.
Since then, I’ve spent over a decade in therapy, learning not just how to survive with CPTSD, but how to live with it. Some days are lighter. Some still knock the wind out of me. But every day, I make the choice to keep going.
Why I Created This Space
I started About That Jack to talk about what healing looks like in real life. The raw parts. The painful parts. The unexpectedly funny, surprisingly deep, and often complicated parts.
Whether I’m writing about therapy, triggers, inner child work, or the rollercoaster of day-to-day life with CPTSD, I try to keep it real, human, and hopeful.
This isn’t a clinical resource, and I’m not a mental health professional. I’m just a guy living with CPTSD, trying to make sense of it all out loud, in public. If something here resonates, if you feel even a little less alone, then I’m doing what I came here to do.
If You’re Here…
…because you’re doing your own CPTSD work, supporting someone who is, or just stumbled in and stayed for the vibe, welcome. You’re not alone here. Feel free to reach out, I’m here to share, listen, and connect.
Let’s heal out loud. Together.
Off-the-Record Jack
- 🗽 I live in New York City, which means I’ve mastered the art of walking fast, dodging tourists, and yelling “I’m walkin’ here!” internally.
- ☕ My bloodstream is roughly 60% tea. Green in summer, aggressively Oolong in winter.
- 🧠 My superpower is overthinking. I’ve turned it into blog posts, so at least it’s productive now.
- 📚 Favorite coping mechanism: losing myself in a good book or an absurdly long Wikipedia rabbit hole.
- 🎧 Music is therapy. I curate playlists like I’m trying to win a Grammy for “Most Emotionally Specific Vibes.”
- 🐦 I believe in dark humor, morning silence, and the healing power of memes.