This story is one of the November Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . There are some days where the world seems pointless, Bella thought. Some days where it takes all the strength she can muster to roll out of bed, stumble to the kitchen, and pour herself a bowl full of […]
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I don’t really know my husband, and he really doesn’t know me. We have been together for six years, and we have changed so much in that time, but what has not changed is how fundamentally different we are. Don’t get me wrong, I can usually predict 75% of the things he will say and […]
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Music! Need I say more? Well, I’m going to because recently music has become a form of dependency for me. I’ve previously written about my first love — music — and how it has played a specific, if not essential, role in my life. I’ve always known I’m the Peyton Sawyer of the group, but as I walk […]
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Many of you may have heard of “pro-ana” sites and blogs that support and encourage eating disorders. Now, the way I see it, these sites extend from one source: pain. All people feel pain; it’s just a fact of life that everyone has to deal with. We all wish we didn’t have to, but, unfortunately, […]
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Body image and eating disorders are topics that continue to have serious relevancy today in all social, personal, and emotional situations — most commonly affecting those in their adolescent years and throughout their teens. Anorexia In the case of anorexia nervosa, the afflicted are disturbed by a distorted perception of themselves. To them, their weight and body […]
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What is it about our emotional understanding that makes us experience the feeling of not being good enough or not having the shape we feel we need or want? About 2% of the US population has Body Dysmorphic Disorder. Body Dysmorphic Disorder According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA), “BDD is a body-image disorder characterized […]
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As I mindlessly look through my iPad for nothing in particular (oh, the power of the Internet), I see a rather large object coming at me from my peripheral vision. I look up and see big brown eyes looking back at me. “Okay, give me a minute,” I tell him. The YouTube app on his […]
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