Kira Alexandra·Dec 12, 2025A Letter to my Embryo: Grieving the Child I Never got to MotherMy Almost Daughter,
Kira Alexandra·Jan 15, 2025My Very Good School District Taught Me Some Very Bad LessonsWhen I was in second grade, my teacher was telling the class that we needed to go to college in order to be successful in life. I…A response icon1A response icon1
Kira Alexandra·Aug 30, 2024I Have The Same Disability as Tim Walz’s Son. This is How it has Affected my Life“Tim Walz’s son has Nonverbal Learning Disorder!”, I ran to tell my mom as soon as I saw the People Magazine article, while scrolling my…A response icon16A response icon16
Kira Alexandra·May 27, 2024The Shit Show That is Our Mental Health System: Part 1There’s a lot of talk about how society perpetuates stigma against mental illness, and how that stigma makes people afraid to reach out for…
Kira Alexandra·May 27, 2024Let Me Make You Aware of My Mental Health This MonthThis month I found myself unexpectedly cornered in my own home by two fully armed police officers. I had committed the crime of being…A response icon1A response icon1
Kira Alexandra·May 5, 2024Lydia and KateI called them the Lucy and Ethel of the nursing home. Another staff member referred to them as Pinky and the Brain. They were thick as…
Kira Alexandra·Mar 3, 2024My Therapist Dumped Me and it Broke my HeartI got the news on my way back from the mental hospital, and it landed like a bomb in my gut. My mother told me my therapist wasn’t going to…
Kira Alexandra·Mar 2, 2024The Agony of the Single, Infertile, Mentally Ill, Autistic WomanIt’s fighting for years to get access to sperm.A response icon2A response icon2
Kira Alexandra·Jan 13, 2022New Year, New MediumI’ve had this Medium account for years and have been reading Medium for years but I’ve never written on it before. I have no clue what I’m…
