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my favorite story like this is when I was seeing my pediatrician recently after getting diagnosed with ADHD. I read alot as a kid and I had this narrative voice in my head commenting on what I was doing. not some voice telling me what to do, just saying what's actively happening.… Read More

I was getting in depth testing for a chronic illness, and one of the questions they asked was if I ever get sharp shooting pains down my limbs that dissipate after a few minutes and I nonchalantly said "no more than most people." I genuinely thought it was normal, it's always happened… Read More

I have a chronic illness that, among other things, causes blood pooling in my feet and makes them look purple. before I was diagnosed, I assumed EVERYONE'S feel looked purple in sandals and I wore them to high school one day and my best friend freaked out and had to break it to me… Read More

both of my parents have been in shitty verbally abusive nightmare relationships. actually, my dad is a verbally abusive relationship nightmare. he has admitted to me that he only married my mom because he didn't think anyone else would ever want to marry him. he was always verbally… Read More

#8 I COMPLETELY understand being stuck in your parents/step parents shitty relationship. I'm currently stuck in one qith my mom and stepfather. he's super verbally abusive to both of us, and has threatened me by smashing a glass over my wall, putting my mobility aide in the middle… Read More

the notebook!!

#2 is SO important! I was a goody two shoes growing up, and because of that many of my friends' parents constantly compared them to me or asked why they couldn't be more like me, and that both hurt my friends and my friendships. Some of my friendships survived, but a friendship with… Read More

Wow, #2 is SO important, it's so nice to hear Karamo Brown talking about it. I'm white so there is so much there I can't even fully comprehend, but negative words and comparing people, especially kids, has done so much damage to my family and friends. My grandmother on my Mom's side… Read More

the way my neighborhood is laid out, my house only has one direct neighbor. the last owners and my family became friends, a happily married couple raising 3 kids, helping their neighbors. the husband even offered to help me walk around their pool because his sister was also disabled… Read More

I can't believe people thought/think she's a dumb blonde. she was playing a character for her film career because she was instructed to (almost certainly by an all men group), but she was still helping people within that persona. look at Ella Fitzgerald, that gig really furthered… Read More