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My Secret to Conquering Social Anxiety: Being Social
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from my friend and colleague, Jenee Day. Jenee is a long-time anxiety sufferer…
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3 Helpful and 3 Unhelpful Things You Can Say to People Suffering from Anxiety
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from my friend and colleague, Jenee Day. Jenee is a long-time anxiety sufferer…
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Commitment Phobia: When Relationship Avoidance Isn’t Dumb
I have commitment issues. The classic kind, like when it’s easy to choose between Chicken, Seafood or Vegetarian at the…
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Do You Want to Dance? Or Do You Want to Dance?
I’m probably a sucky dancer. Like, to people who evaluate dance quality. When I was a little kid there were…
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The Death of Manhood
I made fun of my gay friend in high school for the same reason I was afraid to tell my…
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The Truth About Love You Might Not Accept
There was a wealthy farmer with two sons. The younger son, dissatisfied with his boring life, went to his dad…
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When a Boy is Tortured and Murdered in Front of His Parents
When I was little, I sometimes asked my parents what would happen if bad guys ever tried to hurt us.…
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The Ghost Upstairs
On Tuesday, I came home late at night to an empty house and heard footsteps coming from my upstairs bedroom…
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I Heard Someone Upstairs When No One Else Was Home
It was about 10 p.m. last night when my friend dropped me off at home. I unlocked my back door,…
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“Be Yourself” is Great Advice We’re Often Too Scared to Follow
Sometimes people tell you to “just be yourself” because they like you and assume other people will, too. They say…
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