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Suicide Has Collateral Damage

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

6 min readMar 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?

14 min readDec 8, 2020

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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.

1 min readJul 6, 2021

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

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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.

1 min readJul 2, 2021

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

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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.

1 min readMay 23, 2021

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

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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.

1 min readMay 18, 2021

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

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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.

1 min readMar 26, 2021

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

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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.

1 min readMar 11, 2021

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

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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.”

1 min readMar 9, 2021

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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…

1 min readFeb 25, 2021

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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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