Something that is not talked about as often as it should be is the different types of depression people have. The only two mental illnesses I seem to hear about are anxiety and depression, but there are others that are very similar and can be confused easily. This is why many people don’t actually realize what […]
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For over a year now, I’ve taken myself out of my comfort zone on numerous occasions, all to serve one purpose: to build up the confidence of different, unsuspecting girls, one step at a time. This miracle is achieved quite simply. If you like their eyeliner, tell them. If you like their dress, tell them. […]
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Last night she nearly let go. She wondered what left her holding on. If she left, the lights would still glisten. If she left, the stars would still shine. If she left, the moon would still empower. If she left, the sun would still shower possibility. If she left, the world would go on. If […]
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The summer days are breaking open and introducing themselves to me. They carry with them a whisper. Optimism, my old friend, right at my ear. “Come back to me.” And, as summer introduces itself to me, I introduce me to myself. A soldier long gone come back home. I’m ready to take positivity by the […]
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He was an array of loosely fitted mirror slices, cutting and cold and exact like art, or the remains art made you leave behind. Sometimes you remember dust swirling, flaking to the grimy classroom floor like rose-shaped snowflakes. He’s tracing a heart with the tip of his foot around and between your ankles, catching petals […]
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School has taught me more about trying to fit in rather than getting to second period on time, and being picked last for dodgeball made me feel more like the walls of the gymnasium rather than your fucking classmate of four years. Sometimes we’re only friends with people because we have to see them 5 […]
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i have been a sufferer of depression since 2009, i used to be bullied for many different reasons, for the way i dressed, for the music i listened to, for my dreams of becoming a singer/actor, i just wanted to be known and to be liked, people used to bully me so much i used […]
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Paola has loved to read and draw since she was a little girl. Now, at seventeen this talented Italian teenager is trying her hand at writing fantasy as well. Loveliness in every genre.
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Dear High School Me, You have it all figured out, don’t you? It’s okay, though. You justify it by knowing that you’re still young, and you’re going to change, learn, and grow. You look forward to growing up a bit and then being able to laugh at your younger self, which — trust me […]
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