Feeling Like Shit on Christmas
While everyone else is having Christmas parties next door, I am sick in bed, alone, and sad. It sounds so pitiful that I actually laughed…
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Fear of Emotional Intimacy
There is a part of me that gets incredibly uncomfortable when people give me compliments or are overtly nice. I can't tell if it's because…
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Parts of Ourselves
The traits that we hate in ourselves, the ones we try to hide away, we express through projecting them upon other people. While we convince…
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What Did I Learn in 2019?
2019 has been a year of immense growth. I learned how to be comfortable with the more unsavory aspects of myself. The parts I’ve been…
Death, Confusion, and Healing
I used to be one of those students who studied all the time. Everyday I'd be in the library for hours, memorizing information, fully engrossed…
Addiction
EmotionsOur body's way of experiencing lifeA part of ourselvesBut not every partStrong, passionate and intenseHeart breakingExhilaratingToo much to handle at timesSo we silence feelingsWith alcohol…
Breaking Up With Friends
One of the saddest aspects of life is the realization that no matter how deeply you may love someone, in a platonic or romantic sense,…
I Grew Up
I grew up with nothing I watched my family struggle through povertyThe judgemental looks from strangers as my mom paid with foodstampsThe pity as my…
Thoughts on Mental Illness
Many of my closest friends struggle with mental illness. And when I say many, I mean practically all. It makes me wonder if I attract…
A Cycle of Victim Blaming
When someone hurts me, something I often hear is "Your expectations were too high." I think this is bullshit. How are you going to turn…
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