Even as a child I was always very aware of death. Maybe it is the awareness of mortality that represents a loss of innocence. My interest in photographing children comes from

Each month at ENDPAIN, we select a question related to our monthly theme that guides our content.

This May, we chose to explore the theme of Forgiveness, and asked our readers to participate by calling in and answering the question, "What does it mean to forgive?"

My chronic oversleeping is just one part of my conscious effort to self-sabotage. A lifelong duty to ruin every opportunity, every job, and every relationship in my life.

Deirdre Barrett teaches at Harvard University and is Past President of both the International Association for the Study of Dreams and The Society for Psychological Hypnosis. She is the author of The Committee of Sleep (2001) and Supernormal Stimuli (2010), and the editor of Trauma and Dreams (1996).

In the spring of 2014, I thought it would be fun to get a sound-activated recording app and record myself at night. At first the recordings were pretty basic — a word, a little humming, some giggles — nothing too surprising.

This April, we chose to explore the theme of Sleep, and asked our readers to participate by calling in and answering the question: what is your relationship to sleep?

In January of 2010, Lucas Dean was born with a hole in his back where his spinal cord had not fused together completely—a condition called spina bifida.

Each month at ENDPAIN, we select a question related to our monthly theme that guides our content. This March, we chose to explore the theme of Parenting, and asked our readers to participate by calling in and answering the question:

What do you think makes a good parent?

This diary is about Pat’s experience living with agoraphobia. Agoraphobia is a type of anxiety disorder characterized by a fear and avoidance of places or situations that might cause panic or feelings of being trapped, helpless, or embarrassed.