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Suicide Has Collateral Damage

Survivors are the true victims of suicide. For survivors, there is no such thing as closure.

Mar 30, 2021

Suicide Has Collateral Damage

Mar 30, 2021

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Sometimes Love Hurts

Is an affair a deal-breaker if you can’t find what you want at home?

Dec 8, 2020

Sometimes Love Hurts

Dec 8, 2020

Loren A Olson MD

I love my husband, and I love my wife, but I also love puppies and ice cream.

While no one expects me to love puppies and my husband in the same way, some reject the idea that I can love both my husband and my wife.

Jul 6, 2021

I love my husband, and I love my wife, but I also love puppies and ice cream.

Jul 6, 2021

Loren A Olson MD

We will all experience old age if we’re blessed to live that long, but it can be the best time in…

I’m now a part of an age group that our society would prefer to be invisible and may feel worthy of being discarded.

Jul 2, 2021

We will all experience old age if we’re blessed to live that long, but it can be the best time in…

Jul 2, 2021

Loren A Olson MD

Secrets are like abscesses: they beg to be lanced but we fear the pain of rupturing them.

Only when pus is drained from a wound, can healing begin.

May 23, 2021

Secrets are like abscesses: they beg to be lanced but we fear the pain of rupturing them.

May 23, 2021

Loren A Olson MD

I had fantasies about sex with another man, but when I did, reality didn’t match the fantasy.

I was married with two kids when I decided to give it a try. I didn’t want to be gay. I wanted a one-off blowjob to satisfy my curiosity.

May 18, 2021

I had fantasies about sex with another man, but when I did, reality didn’t match the fantasy.

May 18, 2021

Loren A Olson MD

I wanted to flee my rural hometown to go somewhere, anywhere I could find people like me.

Being gay in rural America was lonely. Most believed we were the only ones. Escaping was the only option.

Mar 26, 2021

I wanted to flee my rural hometown to go somewhere, anywhere I could find people like me.

Mar 26, 2021

Loren A Olson MD

It took me a long time to accept I am gay, but I missed some early clues.

It’s not only young people who question if they are gay. Men and women in mid-life or older experience conflict about sexual orientation.

Mar 11, 2021

It took me a long time to accept I am gay, but I missed some early clues.

Mar 11, 2021

Loren A Olson MD

Not every man who has sex with men is gay.

An interviewer once said, “Any man who has had a penis is his mouth is gay.”

Mar 9, 2021

Mar 9, 2021

Loren A Olson MD

Sadly, there are no such "gay churches" in Des Moines now.

Recently, the Brass Garden closed. It was mostly a dance bar. It is in one of the oldest buildings in the East Village and is now going…

Feb 25, 2021

Feb 25, 2021

Loren A Olson MD

Loren A Olson MD

Gay father; Psychiatrist; Award-winning author FINALLY OUT. Chapter excerpt here: http://bit.ly/2EyhXTY Top writer on Medium. Not medical advice.

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