“Mommy is away from Y’all right now, but I’ll be home soon.”
7 Things You Did as a Child Because of Your Anxiety
Some people never experienced anything on this list as a kid, and still, today are the victims of crippling anxiety. Others will read through this list of things people did as a kid because of their anxiety and be raising their hand in agreement saying, “that’s me.”
I Want to Die: 21 Bible Verses For When You Feel Like Giving Up
The Bible is full of hopelessness. It’s literally 2000+ pages of lonely, broken, “dirty,” sinners, and all of their baggage. But you guys, those sinners are us. Their stories are exactly where the hope is found.
“Dear Mom & Dad, Please Don’t Kill Me” — 21-Yr-Old Reveals “I’m Fine” Tattoo With Dual Meaning
Upon initial glance, it says, “I’m fine,” but upside down it reads a much more desperate plea for help rooted in the depths of painful depression.
“I Have Anxiety. I’ve Always Had Anxiety.” – Ryan Reynolds Gets Honest For Mental Health Awareness Month
“I have anxiety. I’ve always had anxiety.”
After the Breakup: How to Recover from a Soul-Crushing Split
It’s almost the same as going into physical shock: Your brain somehow prevents the pain from setting in right away, despite what you already cognitively know.
8 Tips for Surviving (And Thriving) in Major Life Transitions
Transitions are uniquely challenging times. We’re moving from the known to the unknown. We’re stepping out of our comfort zone.
In Life & Death Robin Williams Taught Us What Carpe Diem Means
Was Robin Williams' Carpe Diem commonly used before 1989? Were everyday people speaking Latin to each other? Or was it something that Robin Williams, as John Keating, taught us never to forget?
Highway Heroes: 13 Semi-Trucks Join Forces With Police to Save Suicidal Man From Jumping off Bridge
The wall of semi-trucks stretched across all of the westbound and eastbound lanes of the interstate — 13 trucks in total — creating a shorter distance for the man to fall if he did, in fact, decide to jump.
She Wanted a SOZO Tattoo to Cover Her Scars from Her Suicide Attempt–That’s When the Artist Remembers Her
"I look at it now… =My arm, a place that once represented hopelessness now represents love… More beauty from ashes than I could have ever dreamed."
10 Ways of Dealing With Depression
121 million people around the world are currently dealing with depression.
Emotional Eating: I Used to Eat Instead of Feel
The key to my healing was my realization that there is no such thing as a willpower problem.
Rachel Scott Drawing: 13 Tears, 13 Lives and One Girl Who Witnessed to the Bullies Who Killed Her
“I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion, then it will start a chain reaction of the same. People will never know how far a little kindness can go.” —Rachel Scott
To The Girl Who Already Had Sex Before Marriage
I knew something new was coming. I was so ready and excited to destroy the life that made me feel undeserving and shameful and turn it into a distant memory.
“They Don’t Really Stand a Chance” – A Look Inside New York City’s Sex Trafficking Industry
According to the National Institute of Justice, an estimated 90 percent of children who become victims of domestic sex trafficking, were already victims of sexual abuse. Further, 50 to more than 90 percent of said victims have spent time in the child-welfare system.
Virginity Doesn’t Make You a Better Christian
It was such a small comment, but it clearly reflects something many of us raised in Christian homes subconsciously believe: That being a Christian = Being a virgin and Being a virgin = Being a Christian.
19 Depression Memes That Will Have You Saying, “That’s Me,” All Day Long
"Don't let them in, don't let them see. Be the good girl you always have to be. Conceal, don't feel, don't let them know...." -Princess Elsa
What are We Waiting For? Finding the Truth Under the Purity Lie
"If you want to keep your heart a live wire instead of a lump of tissue, pain is going to be unavoidable."