“They plaster on fake smiles during work Zoom calls. They stand quietly in line for their latte, willing back tears. The thought of not seeing their loved one at the holiday table makes them want to scream, punch the wall, or hide under the covers for days.”
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‘Your eye pressure is ALARMINGLY high.’ Some days I can’t stop thinking about the ‘what-ifs.’: Woman details how infection led to living with glaucoma
“He came rushing over to take me to urgent care since I could not see to drive. ‘It’s really BAD,’ was all I could say to him through tears. It hurt to cry, but I couldn’t stop.”
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‘I thought it was a cruel joke. There was an ATM withdrawal slip on our counter. ‘What’s this for?’ I asked. His response was one word. ‘Lawyer.’: After divorce, woman learns to love herself again
“I asked, ‘Really?’ at least three times, thinking he was playing a cruel joke.”
‘If only he’d ask me to dance!’ He was addicted to drugs, and I was addicted to him.’: Woman marries after divorce, ‘Love is ALL that matters’
“I was tired of the fast lane, the parties, and the men. After holding on for dear life to a complete set of emotional baggage, I finally had to surrender it ALL.”
‘If life is TOO good, I tell myself something bad is bound to happen. If life is lacking, I wish for better.’: Woman shares how to combat ‘imposter syndrome’
“I had major ‘imposter syndrome.’ I was obsessed with telling myself I wasn’t good enough.”
‘Never apologize for what you want. You have to go for it. You can’t compare your path with the path of others.’: Woman says ‘forge your own way and own it’
“You have the entire world at your finger tips, but that world is whatever you decide to make it. We cannot apologize for the things we want when and if they do not fall in line with the expectations the world has set for us.”
‘My husband divorced me after my baby was born. At 28, I had to move back in with my parents as a single, special needs mom.’: Mom to daughter with Cerebral Palsy finds new perspective on ‘true happiness’
“Emily was only 2 pounds. She was so small my husband’s wedding band fit around her tiny wrist. She was crying, but I could not hear her. It didn’t seem real. Quickly, I was told by nurses, ‘You cannot touch her.’ I felt helpless. With each day, it became more and more evident my marriage was not going to survive this horrific ordeal.”
‘There may be days when all you can do is breathe and sleep. Those feelings won’t go away. True healing is messy.’: Woman claims ’embracing pain’ is part of the healing process
“We all experience difficult times in our lives. As much as I would love to push the negativity aside and focus on the positive, that’s not always possible. And I don’t think it’s healthy. True healing does not look like personal development books and good vibes only.”
‘I could never enjoy date night with my husband. Guilt was always there to haunt me, to blame me for being relaxed and lazy.’: Woman learns to accept her ‘imperfect life,’ says today is ‘the perfect time to feel happy’
“I thought happiness could be measured by my achievements. I pushed to get good grades in school, to get a high-paying job. But after all of it, I still wasn’t happy. My excuse was always, ‘I’ll be relaxed and enjoy my life only after [x]. I’ll do that after I achieve [x].’ I always had something to pursue. I was never good enough for my own love, or anyone else’s.”
