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Easily “Not That Kind of Girl” by Lena Dunham! I was in the middle of college, dealing with not only the pressures to meet certain expectations, but I was also suffering from very crippling depression and anxiety (undiagnosed at the time). I felt like I was the only one going through… Read More

I, myself do not suffer from an autoimmune disease but my mother does. After talking with her, experiencing this with her and attending doctors (because it always requires so many) she told me share the story. My mom was diagnosed with lupus, but not after being diagnosed with many… Read More

The first time I moved out on my own, it was during the middle of my junior year in college. I moved out of my parents house to the opposite side of town with my two dogs and damn I did not know how shitty it was gonna be. For the first 2 months I was scavenging for every penny I… Read More

Wretched. Thanksgiving is always uncomfortable for me in my family. I am the only liberal minded person surrounded by a bunch of conservatives, well except for my uncle, but his smart ass never does anything but prove their point. I had sit through multiple hours of family conversation… Read More

This quote from, Miracle on 34th Street (1947) gets me every time. She is talking to a little girl, but it applies to us all in many ways. Sometimes we ignore common sense because having the faith just makes everything better and that is worth more than knowing the truth.

Finally! I always felt anxious talking about this. Ever since I was little I avoided holding hands or shaking hands. To this day I still get anxious about it when I have job interviews, but the anxiety just makes them clammier. It's definitely a daily struggle, but fortunately my… Read More