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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…

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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…

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Alone in a Café

"Every one of us is losing something precious to us. Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That's part of what…

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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…

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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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Patterns of Negativity

Life is too short to let yourself be undervalued. It is too short to accept toxic relationships, to accept people who don't see your worth.…

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