Grief and the Language of the Body

In this episode of AORATH: Transmissions from Beyond the Breach, Robin Richardson shares her lived experience of navigating extreme psychological rupture—what some might call psychosis, others a visionary breakdown, and she simply calls the truth.Robin explores the mechanics of grief, trauma, and somatic release, drawing from a nine-month ordeal of psychic torment followed by a year of stillness and slow repair. With characteristic warmth, candor, and insight, she challenges cultural repression, psychiatric orthodoxy, and the pressure to appear “healed” before healing has even begun.This is not a lecture—it’s a reckoning.Robin speaks to what it means to listen to the body when no one else will.To let the weirdness come through.To cry, convulse, collapse—and call it sacred.At the heart of this transmission lies the dangerous question:What happens when trusting yourself means defying every voice of authority you've ever known?This episode is not medical advice.It’s something far rarer: permission to be fully human. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit aorathian.substack.com