Debra Lee
@commit2it.bsky.social
Philosopher & FIERCE Advocate for Women's Rights, Suicide Prevention & Mental Health Awareness
Wisconsin winter: because survival builds character or whatever.
December 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Wisconsin winter: because survival builds character or whatever.
The wait will have been worth it...on THAT you have my word.
BREATHE, Deb.
Full speed ahead.
Full episodes available at: www.youtube.com/@JustMedicat...
BREATHE, Deb.
Full speed ahead.
Full episodes available at: www.youtube.com/@JustMedicat...
December 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The wait will have been worth it...on THAT you have my word.
BREATHE, Deb.
Full speed ahead.
Full episodes available at: www.youtube.com/@JustMedicat...
BREATHE, Deb.
Full speed ahead.
Full episodes available at: www.youtube.com/@JustMedicat...
I know I’ve been quiet lately. In the past, my silence meant I was struggling. This time, it means I’m building.
I’ve been underground working on the most important project of my life. I’m writing the future now. I’m okay—better than okay. I’ll see you on the other side.
I’ve been underground working on the most important project of my life. I’m writing the future now. I’m okay—better than okay. I’ll see you on the other side.
December 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I know I’ve been quiet lately. In the past, my silence meant I was struggling. This time, it means I’m building.
I’ve been underground working on the most important project of my life. I’m writing the future now. I’m okay—better than okay. I’ll see you on the other side.
I’ve been underground working on the most important project of my life. I’m writing the future now. I’m okay—better than okay. I’ll see you on the other side.
Oprah’s estrangement episode hit almost 5M views in ten days — and comments had to be shut off.
Not because backlash is coming, but because it’s already here.
The reckoning has begun.
#DaughterWound #FamilyEstrangement #ParentalAlienation #EstrangedGrandparents #GenerationalTrauma #Reckoning
Not because backlash is coming, but because it’s already here.
The reckoning has begun.
#DaughterWound #FamilyEstrangement #ParentalAlienation #EstrangedGrandparents #GenerationalTrauma #Reckoning
December 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Oprah’s estrangement episode hit almost 5M views in ten days — and comments had to be shut off.
Not because backlash is coming, but because it’s already here.
The reckoning has begun.
#DaughterWound #FamilyEstrangement #ParentalAlienation #EstrangedGrandparents #GenerationalTrauma #Reckoning
Not because backlash is coming, but because it’s already here.
The reckoning has begun.
#DaughterWound #FamilyEstrangement #ParentalAlienation #EstrangedGrandparents #GenerationalTrauma #Reckoning
Oprah shut off commenting because the backlash isn’t coming — it’s already here. For nearly twenty years, a tsunami has been building: estrangement, parental alienation, ghosting, no contact. The labels change depending on the adult child, but the destruction is the same.
The reckoning has begun.
The reckoning has begun.
December 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Oprah shut off commenting because the backlash isn’t coming — it’s already here. For nearly twenty years, a tsunami has been building: estrangement, parental alienation, ghosting, no contact. The labels change depending on the adult child, but the destruction is the same.
The reckoning has begun.
The reckoning has begun.
There’s an ache you carry when someone you love decides your absence is easier than your presence.
And the holidays make that silence louder.
If you’re grieving someone who’s still alive — you are not alone.
#DaughterWound #familytrauma #estrangement #nocontact #cptsd #healingjourney #holidaygrief
And the holidays make that silence louder.
If you’re grieving someone who’s still alive — you are not alone.
#DaughterWound #familytrauma #estrangement #nocontact #cptsd #healingjourney #holidaygrief
December 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
There’s an ache you carry when someone you love decides your absence is easier than your presence.
And the holidays make that silence louder.
If you’re grieving someone who’s still alive — you are not alone.
#DaughterWound #familytrauma #estrangement #nocontact #cptsd #healingjourney #holidaygrief
And the holidays make that silence louder.
If you’re grieving someone who’s still alive — you are not alone.
#DaughterWound #familytrauma #estrangement #nocontact #cptsd #healingjourney #holidaygrief
The holidays are harder than people admit. Loneliness and untreated mental illness rise — and so do suicide deaths. If you need help, text or call 988 (US) or visit findahelpline.com. Check on people. It matters.
Full episodes available: www.youtube.com/@JustMedicat...
Full episodes available: www.youtube.com/@JustMedicat...
December 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The holidays are harder than people admit. Loneliness and untreated mental illness rise — and so do suicide deaths. If you need help, text or call 988 (US) or visit findahelpline.com. Check on people. It matters.
Full episodes available: www.youtube.com/@JustMedicat...
Full episodes available: www.youtube.com/@JustMedicat...
25 years. A life rebuilt & a reminder of what I didn’t get in time. I was four years sober when my son died. Sobriety didn’t erase the violence or the loss, but it gave me clarity — and the strength to build what comes next. — Debra Lee
Full episodes available at: www.youtube.com/@JustMedicat...
Full episodes available at: www.youtube.com/@JustMedicat...
December 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
25 years. A life rebuilt & a reminder of what I didn’t get in time. I was four years sober when my son died. Sobriety didn’t erase the violence or the loss, but it gave me clarity — and the strength to build what comes next. — Debra Lee
Full episodes available at: www.youtube.com/@JustMedicat...
Full episodes available at: www.youtube.com/@JustMedicat...
If this speaks to you, come over to my YouTube channel — that’s where I read and respond in depth. I’m building the full conversation there.
👉 Just Medicate Me (YouTube)
www.youtube.com/@JustMedicat...
👉 Just Medicate Me (YouTube)
www.youtube.com/@JustMedicat...
December 1, 2025 at 10:06 AM
If this speaks to you, come over to my YouTube channel — that’s where I read and respond in depth. I’m building the full conversation there.
👉 Just Medicate Me (YouTube)
www.youtube.com/@JustMedicat...
👉 Just Medicate Me (YouTube)
www.youtube.com/@JustMedicat...
December is loud for some and unbearably quiet for others.
Check on the people who went silent. The ones who pulled back. The ones carrying grief you can’t see.
One message can change a day.
Sometimes a life.
Stay.
And help someone else stay, too.
#HolidayGrief #InvisibleStruggles
Check on the people who went silent. The ones who pulled back. The ones carrying grief you can’t see.
One message can change a day.
Sometimes a life.
Stay.
And help someone else stay, too.
#HolidayGrief #InvisibleStruggles
November 30, 2025 at 11:53 PM
December is loud for some and unbearably quiet for others.
Check on the people who went silent. The ones who pulled back. The ones carrying grief you can’t see.
One message can change a day.
Sometimes a life.
Stay.
And help someone else stay, too.
#HolidayGrief #InvisibleStruggles
Check on the people who went silent. The ones who pulled back. The ones carrying grief you can’t see.
One message can change a day.
Sometimes a life.
Stay.
And help someone else stay, too.
#HolidayGrief #InvisibleStruggles
Some awakenings don’t whisper — they break you open.
I didn’t rise because it got popular.
I rose because something in me finally stood up.
When sleeping women wake, mountains move.
And I’m wide awake now.
#FamilyEstrangement #EstrangedParents #EstrangedGrandparents #AlienationOfAffection
I didn’t rise because it got popular.
I rose because something in me finally stood up.
When sleeping women wake, mountains move.
And I’m wide awake now.
#FamilyEstrangement #EstrangedParents #EstrangedGrandparents #AlienationOfAffection
November 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Some awakenings don’t whisper — they break you open.
I didn’t rise because it got popular.
I rose because something in me finally stood up.
When sleeping women wake, mountains move.
And I’m wide awake now.
#FamilyEstrangement #EstrangedParents #EstrangedGrandparents #AlienationOfAffection
I didn’t rise because it got popular.
I rose because something in me finally stood up.
When sleeping women wake, mountains move.
And I’m wide awake now.
#FamilyEstrangement #EstrangedParents #EstrangedGrandparents #AlienationOfAffection
Family estrangement didn’t “trend.” It finally got noticed.
Kids caught in the middle.
Grandparents erased.
Families cut apart by one decision.
This is the real cost — the little ones who lose the most.
We’re speaking now because the world is finally paying attention.
Kids caught in the middle.
Grandparents erased.
Families cut apart by one decision.
This is the real cost — the little ones who lose the most.
We’re speaking now because the world is finally paying attention.
November 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Family estrangement didn’t “trend.” It finally got noticed.
Kids caught in the middle.
Grandparents erased.
Families cut apart by one decision.
This is the real cost — the little ones who lose the most.
We’re speaking now because the world is finally paying attention.
Kids caught in the middle.
Grandparents erased.
Families cut apart by one decision.
This is the real cost — the little ones who lose the most.
We’re speaking now because the world is finally paying attention.
There is no pain like Christmas when you’re cut out of your own family’s story.
But hear me clearly: Estrangement doesn’t erase your love. It only exposes theirs.
Link to "Surviving Holiday Estrangement' episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JfF...
But hear me clearly: Estrangement doesn’t erase your love. It only exposes theirs.
Link to "Surviving Holiday Estrangement' episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JfF...
November 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
There is no pain like Christmas when you’re cut out of your own family’s story.
But hear me clearly: Estrangement doesn’t erase your love. It only exposes theirs.
Link to "Surviving Holiday Estrangement' episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JfF...
But hear me clearly: Estrangement doesn’t erase your love. It only exposes theirs.
Link to "Surviving Holiday Estrangement' episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JfF...
Here's the proof in literal black & white.
"Family estrangement shifted from niche topic to cultural phenomenon THIS MONTH."
It's little consolation to those of us for whom it's too late...but very good news for those who come behind us.
"Family estrangement shifted from niche topic to cultural phenomenon THIS MONTH."
It's little consolation to those of us for whom it's too late...but very good news for those who come behind us.
November 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Here's the proof in literal black & white.
"Family estrangement shifted from niche topic to cultural phenomenon THIS MONTH."
It's little consolation to those of us for whom it's too late...but very good news for those who come behind us.
"Family estrangement shifted from niche topic to cultural phenomenon THIS MONTH."
It's little consolation to those of us for whom it's too late...but very good news for those who come behind us.
When you grow up in chaos, the body can mistake confusion for connection.
This is what rewiring looks like — learning the difference between being pulled in and being pulled under.
#TraumaHealing #CPTSDRecovery #HealingJourney #SurvivorVoice #EmotionalHealing #BreakingCycles
This is what rewiring looks like — learning the difference between being pulled in and being pulled under.
#TraumaHealing #CPTSDRecovery #HealingJourney #SurvivorVoice #EmotionalHealing #BreakingCycles
November 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM
When you grow up in chaos, the body can mistake confusion for connection.
This is what rewiring looks like — learning the difference between being pulled in and being pulled under.
#TraumaHealing #CPTSDRecovery #HealingJourney #SurvivorVoice #EmotionalHealing #BreakingCycles
This is what rewiring looks like — learning the difference between being pulled in and being pulled under.
#TraumaHealing #CPTSDRecovery #HealingJourney #SurvivorVoice #EmotionalHealing #BreakingCycles
Come on girls, admit it: When we get to a certain age it is ALL about comfort. :)
#BlackFridayMerryChristmasToME
#BlackFridayMerryChristmasToME
November 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Come on girls, admit it: When we get to a certain age it is ALL about comfort. :)
#BlackFridayMerryChristmasToME
#BlackFridayMerryChristmasToME
I walked in for something to eat. I wasn’t shopping, didn’t even know it was Black Friday. But the universe clearly had other plans, because I walked out with my first-ever Merry Black Friday Christmas to me. I’ve never done this for myself — and honestly, it felt damn good. 🎁
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I walked in for something to eat. I wasn’t shopping, didn’t even know it was Black Friday. But the universe clearly had other plans, because I walked out with my first-ever Merry Black Friday Christmas to me. I’ve never done this for myself — and honestly, it felt damn good. 🎁
Some of us aren’t confused — we’re exhausted from carrying the kind of understanding that breaks a soul before it ever brings peace.
Full episodes available at: www.youtube.com/@JustMedicat...
#estrangement #familytrauma #generationaltrauma #healingjourney #emotionaltruth
Full episodes available at: www.youtube.com/@JustMedicat...
#estrangement #familytrauma #generationaltrauma #healingjourney #emotionaltruth
November 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Some of us aren’t confused — we’re exhausted from carrying the kind of understanding that breaks a soul before it ever brings peace.
Full episodes available at: www.youtube.com/@JustMedicat...
#estrangement #familytrauma #generationaltrauma #healingjourney #emotionaltruth
Full episodes available at: www.youtube.com/@JustMedicat...
#estrangement #familytrauma #generationaltrauma #healingjourney #emotionaltruth
Some signs don’t come in dreams or feathers or songs.
Some come in the quiet moment when you feel a tingle, a memory, or a warmth that wasn’t there a second ago.
If you’re reading this today… that’s one of them. 💛
Full episodes: Just Medicate Me (You Tube)
#GriefJourney #SignsFromHeaven
Some come in the quiet moment when you feel a tingle, a memory, or a warmth that wasn’t there a second ago.
If you’re reading this today… that’s one of them. 💛
Full episodes: Just Medicate Me (You Tube)
#GriefJourney #SignsFromHeaven
November 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Some signs don’t come in dreams or feathers or songs.
Some come in the quiet moment when you feel a tingle, a memory, or a warmth that wasn’t there a second ago.
If you’re reading this today… that’s one of them. 💛
Full episodes: Just Medicate Me (You Tube)
#GriefJourney #SignsFromHeaven
Some come in the quiet moment when you feel a tingle, a memory, or a warmth that wasn’t there a second ago.
If you’re reading this today… that’s one of them. 💛
Full episodes: Just Medicate Me (You Tube)
#GriefJourney #SignsFromHeaven
Thanksgiving Gratitude
Today, I’m stepping out of the wreckage for a moment to say this:
I’m still here because of the people who refused to let me fall.
Today, I’m stepping out of the wreckage for a moment to say this:
I’m still here because of the people who refused to let me fall.
November 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Thanksgiving Gratitude
Today, I’m stepping out of the wreckage for a moment to say this:
I’m still here because of the people who refused to let me fall.
Today, I’m stepping out of the wreckage for a moment to say this:
I’m still here because of the people who refused to let me fall.
Holidays expose what families really are. Some gather. Some exile.
If you’re a parent or grandparent spending Thanksgiving or Christmas on the outside looking in, hear this:
Your absence isn’t failure.
It’s someone else’s cruelty.
You deserve better.
#HolidayHeartache #FamilyWounds
If you’re a parent or grandparent spending Thanksgiving or Christmas on the outside looking in, hear this:
Your absence isn’t failure.
It’s someone else’s cruelty.
You deserve better.
#HolidayHeartache #FamilyWounds
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Holidays expose what families really are. Some gather. Some exile.
If you’re a parent or grandparent spending Thanksgiving or Christmas on the outside looking in, hear this:
Your absence isn’t failure.
It’s someone else’s cruelty.
You deserve better.
#HolidayHeartache #FamilyWounds
If you’re a parent or grandparent spending Thanksgiving or Christmas on the outside looking in, hear this:
Your absence isn’t failure.
It’s someone else’s cruelty.
You deserve better.
#HolidayHeartache #FamilyWounds
Fabulous, unique and memorable Christmas gift-giving idea!
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Fabulous, unique and memorable Christmas gift-giving idea!
Full episodes on trauma recovery available at: www.youtube.com/@JustMedicat...
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Full episodes on trauma recovery available at: www.youtube.com/@JustMedicat...
The moment I stopped walking into the store where my daughter worked — stopped offering softness to someone who met it with fire.
As Thanksgiving arrives — as Christmas closes in — this is the weight estranged mothers carry.
Link to The Parasol Parable episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAkU...
As Thanksgiving arrives — as Christmas closes in — this is the weight estranged mothers carry.
Link to The Parasol Parable episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAkU...
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The moment I stopped walking into the store where my daughter worked — stopped offering softness to someone who met it with fire.
As Thanksgiving arrives — as Christmas closes in — this is the weight estranged mothers carry.
Link to The Parasol Parable episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAkU...
As Thanksgiving arrives — as Christmas closes in — this is the weight estranged mothers carry.
Link to The Parasol Parable episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAkU...
Anyone else passing the bottle around today?
#HolidayWineGuide #FamilyGatheringHumor #ProgressiveHumor #PoliticalMeme #LeftistComedy #HolidayChaos #FamilyDynamics #WineMeme #DarkHolidayHumor #JustMedicateMe
#HolidayWineGuide #FamilyGatheringHumor #ProgressiveHumor #PoliticalMeme #LeftistComedy #HolidayChaos #FamilyDynamics #WineMeme #DarkHolidayHumor #JustMedicateMe
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Anyone else passing the bottle around today?
#HolidayWineGuide #FamilyGatheringHumor #ProgressiveHumor #PoliticalMeme #LeftistComedy #HolidayChaos #FamilyDynamics #WineMeme #DarkHolidayHumor #JustMedicateMe
#HolidayWineGuide #FamilyGatheringHumor #ProgressiveHumor #PoliticalMeme #LeftistComedy #HolidayChaos #FamilyDynamics #WineMeme #DarkHolidayHumor #JustMedicateMe