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Mental Illness: Expectations vs. Reality

  Expectation: Get to be happy because you don’t realize you are crazy. Reality: Have to deal with knowing you are crazy and be forever unsure if the information your brain is giving you is sound. Expectation: Get ...

May, 23

Why it Makes Me Mad When Men Talk About Being Sexual Assault Victims

    Because I am the victim. I have all these gross experiences that have happened to me and will probably happen again and it’s something that is a part of my everyday life. Because ...

May, 21

Trying to Feel Like the World is Not Terrible and Scary Today

  After reading the news on my phone this morning I wandered over to my book shelf. I have a bunch of poetry books with lots of bookmarks and I just wanted to flip to ...

Apr, 18

How To Be Self-Righteously Broken Up With

Begin to date someone who is proportionately less interested and invested in you than you are in them. Strike a balance where you are able to keep up this unbalanced charade for several months. Stifle ...

Feb, 19

Snow and the Single Girl

So we had a huge storm in the past few days and everything looks pretty and Ansel Adams-y. Except I kind of hate getting this much snow. I just don’t understand what I am supposed ...

Dec, 10

Things About Depression

One thing about depression is that it actually feels really good to be sad. Ever notice how much better you feel after a good cry? At least when you are depressed you are being honest ...

Oct, 30

Sometimes We Cry Holding Hands

This isn’t an essay about how depressed we are. We aren’t depressed. A little more anxious than your average person, sure, but I like to think that’s a side effect of optimism. I think the ...

Oct, 09

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