2025 Article Recap: In Case You Missed It

I took a short publishing pause at the end of 2025, and a few people asked the same question when I came back.

If I missed some of your work, where should I start?

Rather than answer that individually, I put this together.

What follows is a straightforward recap of the pieces from 2025 that readers returned to most, organized by platform.

I write about forensics, behavioral science, trauma therapy, animal advocacy, digital reform, applied ethics, criminal psychology, and history. That mix gives me a wide view of how humans behave when pressure, shame, fear, grief, or incentives enter the room often making the reader uncomfortable. This is intentional.

My goal with these articles is to bring awareness to our own behavior, and to humanity’s patterns more broadly, so we can live ethically in a world that is becoming increasingly unethical.

These nine pieces are the ones I would hand to a new reader without hesitation.

Each platform serves a different role in my work. The tone shifts slightly, but the standard doesn’t.

Vocal

Vocal is where I tend to publish the most field-forward writing. Clear claims. Practical consequences. Observation-heavy work that does not rely on trend cycles. The three picks below reflect that range, from animal insight to cognition to public-safety myth correction.

• When Shelter Dogs Choose You

• Do People Really Die in Threes? The Truth Behind the Myth and this one won a "Best of Vocal" style award.

• The Month Everyone Gets Wrong About Suicide

If you are new to my work, this is the most approachable entry point. These pieces are written for everyday readers, but they do not talk down to anyone. They also hold up when reread, which matters to me more than a burst of attention.

Substack

Substack is where I take longer routes. The writing is less compressed, and I have room to follow systems where they actually lead. These pieces focus on incentives, manipulation, and institutional reality, the things that shape behavior long before anyone acts surprised in public.

• Pseudocommunities and the Dark Triad

• CrimeCon’s Clown Parade: When Posers Drown Out the Pros

• When Therapists Create the Trauma

These are not hot takes. They are pattern write-ups. The common thread is simple: human behavior changes when the reward structure changes, and a lot of public confusion is just people refusing to look at the reward structure.

Medium

Medium is where the framing has to be especially precise because the audience is broader and the content gets pulled into larger conversations fast. The pieces that do best there tend to be direct, practical, and resistant to misreading. The three below are built to travel well without losing their meaning.

• Roblox Isn’t Just Unsafe. It’s a Predator’s Marketplace

• Beyond Stoicism: The Hidden Costs of Emotional Suppression and Self-Sufficiency

• When Gaslighting Isn’t Enough: The Real-Life Mechanics of DARVO

These topics sit at the hub of daily life and real risk, where people often sense that something is off but cannot name it. My goal is to write clearly, without opinion or bias, and without turning any of it into theater.

This list is intentionally short. A recap is only useful if it reduces noise. If you’ve been reading along all year, consider this an index rather than a summary. If you missed parts of the year, it’s a clean way back in without digging through archives.

And in case you didn't know, I also publish work on other platforms including CPTSDFoundation.org. I also have an "Articles" hub on Facebook. However, for convenience, all articles, links, and current projects are centralized at www.inkandintegrity.media