Author

Patsy Fergusson

@patsyfergusson

articles: 10
total claps: 11,904
top claps: 5,839
avg read: 4.6 min
paywalled: 10
active: 2025-03-23 → 2026-08-05

Wiki topics

SOC · Sociology & Politics · 4 PSY · Psychology · 3 ✊ · Equality & Identity · 3 🏛️ · Politics · 2 💑 · Relationships · 2 PSY · Mental Health & Psychiatry · 2 🧘 · Spirituality · 1 🧠 · Mental Wellness · 1

Top tags

#world ·5 #women ·4 #health ·4 #feminism ·3 #trump ·2 #usa ·2 #politics ·2 #mental-health ·2 #psychology ·2 #mental-illness ·2

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PA Patsy Fergusson · Fourth Wave

Thanks for Your Advice on my 20-Year Struggle You Know Nothing About …

Someone asked how my son was doing today. I hesitated before answering. This is a friend who has sent me objectionable emails in the past…

Feb 01, 2026 · 4 min read · 5,839 claps paywalled #mental-illness #schizophrenia #health

Thanks for Your Advice on my 20-Year Struggle You Know Nothing About …

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PA Patsy Fergusson · Fourth Wave

Huge Crowds of All Political Types Are Turning Out for Bernie and AOC

And Maine Governor Janet Mills is a straight-up hero

Mar 23, 2025 · 4 min read · 1,816 claps paywalled #world #trump #bernie

Huge Crowds of All Political Types Are Turning Out for Bernie and AOC

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PA Patsy Fergusson · Fourth Wave

Please Please Please Please Please Keep My Son

Will his third hospitalization in as many months be the charm?

Jun 09, 2026 · 7 min read · 957 claps paywalled #mental-health #health #parenthood

Please Please Please Please Please Keep My Son

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PA Patsy Fergusson · Fourth Wave

The Weight of Being Five Years Old

“Touch it — it won’t hurt you”

Jul 05, 2026 · 11 min read · 788 claps paywalled #feminism #women #trauma

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PA Patsy Fergusson · Fourth Wave

Donald Trump Can’t Stop the Klamath

Americans may be ruled by an evil clown, but Mother Nature isn’t

Aug 14, 2025 · 3 min read · 741 claps paywalled #environment #world #health

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PA Patsy Fergusson · Fourth Wave

Did You See This Boy Hero?

A child’s life was saved on our beach

Aug 05, 2026 · 4 min read · 541 claps paywalled #women #world #feminism

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PA Patsy Fergusson · Fourth Wave

A Girl’s Greatest Gift

The not so secret benefits of not being chosen

Jun 09, 2026 · 1 min read · 480 claps paywalled #poetry #writing #poems-on-medium

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PA Patsy Fergusson · Fourth Wave

How Does Aging Affect You, As a Woman?

Hear the perspectives of women of all ages from all over the world

Jun 21, 2026 · 2 min read · 311 claps paywalled #women #feminism #world

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PA Patsy Fergusson · Fourth Wave

Donald Trump Really Loves Me!

I guess $2 billion wasn’t enough to fill his gaping soul

Jul 09, 2026 · 3 min read · 272 claps paywalled #trump #usa #politics

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PA Patsy Fergusson · Fourth Wave

I’d Like to Believe in Miracles, But…

I find a link by accident, file a petition by the seat of my pants, and get a call out of the blue from Ferg’s biggest childhood crush

Jun 25, 2026 · 7 min read · 159 claps paywalled #mental-health #mental-illness #psychology