Archive for September 2022
When The Fear Of Losing Your Partner Causes You To Lose Your Partner
I am in a relationship with someone who is a dear friend. We’ve always had a magical connection and in the beginning of this year things between us lit up drastically. This is truly the healthiest relationship I’ve ever been in. However, I’m the first girl she’s been with and I have this fear of…
Read MoreIt’s A Girl!
Nothing feels quite as invalidating as hearing, “Everything happens for a reason!” — however well-intended — when you’ve just suffered a trauma. And even though I’ve lived long enough to witness that the phrase usually bears true, I could not for the life of me understand why I was not blessed with the ability to…
Read More“Toughen Up,” They Told Me…
Ever since I can remember, I was told I was too sensitive. As a teenager, I wanted to avoid things that seemed unnecessarily negative, so I refused to watch the 11:00 p.m. news. It just didn’t seem like a good idea for my last thoughts of the day to be about crime, gossip, and political…
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