“The combination of diet and exercise led to the pounds gradually peeling off. As this happened, the attention from men started to pile on. I didn’t know what to do with most of it. I thought people were just getting nicer…”
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“An epidemic of self-care has flooded social media in the past several years, developing a far-from-reality idea of what that means for me. The presumption that mental health problems and insecurities can be remedied with…”
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“Picture Alice going down the rabbit’s hole. For years, I felt like her, in freefall. Endlessly falling. I traveled down an abyss of poor coping mechanisms, severe anxiety and depression…”
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“Back when I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis, I weighed about 120 lbs. I was so sensitive about my weight, that I called 140 lbs my “bridge jumping weight.” I was joking. Kind of. Enter my autoimmune diagnosis. ..”
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"‘Last summer was still a phase of frustration riddled with questions like, ‘where’s my car?’, statements like, ‘THEY took my house’, and just not wanting help at times despite desperately needing it. This summer there are fewer questions fueled by anger and more confusion, but…”
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