Fiction as a Lifeline

Behind the Yellow Curtain with Jess · Aug 19, 2026 · 11m

Jess talks about childhood trauma and how she found her way to heal through fiction: movies, books, Disney and Pixar stories, and especially anime and manga, including one series that became a turning point for how she understood her own emotions. She gets into why fictional stories can reach parts of us that reality can't, and how the coping habits built in childhood quietly shape who you become. Personal, unfiltered, and a little feral. Welcome back to Behind the Yellow Curtain.