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Wearing My Heart On My Sleeve
Speaking up is not my gift. This is something I try hard to do but when the time arises, I’m just unable to. I’m reluctant to speak out for fear of hurting another’s feelings – even when I know I’m right. I have dealt with recurrent depressive episodes that went unseen and undiagnosed. I have…
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Living With Anxiety- Because It’s Not About Being Quiet
Anxiety is far more than just bent the “quiet one”, especially social anxiety. It’s about over-analyzing. It’s constantly analyzing your every word, every action and every movement. Believing that you are a collection of flaws and mistakes — and it’s this perception is all the world to see. More than 40 million adults in the…
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So what is an introvert?
I don’t know about other people but I have known for a long time that I’m different. My dad would always call me the shy and timid one. All my life, I tried to fit into this extrovert society that we live in and even if I attempt to raise my voice I obviously sucked…
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Want to Know How Do I Feel?
Incoming Dr.House quote What Dr. House said to Lisa Cuddy after she broke up with him. “Want to know how I feel?! I feel hurt”. I do. Mentally and physically from my symptoms of my depression and fibromyalgia. Like someone is squeezing my muscles and nerves constantly. It’s incredibly frustrating dealing with feeling misunderstood &…
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Our Brown Skin Doesn’t Carry Much Weight As Others. Why?
Thinking about everything and wondering why the world, media, bank institutions, pop artists, clothing lines, sneaker brands, and everyone else that canceled Kanye for hate speech does the same for Black folks suffering from hate speech, hate crimes, and systematic hate and racism. We go through the battles fought in our minds as we wake…