We Are Only Human

On the path to self discovery.

A Declaration of Independence

In our study, I have an old photograph of my family together when my mother was alive: my grandmother, my father, my mother, my five brothers and sisters, and me as the youngest arranged on a couch in matching plaid outfits. At one end is Martha, the eldest at nine, somewhat aloof with her hair brushed back into a perfect ponytail. Read More

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Nancy Rappaport is assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

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