Taboo
04.03.2022
The last few days, for lack of a better term, have been a trip. After my very contemplative counseling session Thursday, I raced home to begin Sholder training. For those of you who don’t know, The Sholder Foundation is a transpersonal communication peer counseling app that offers a shoulder to those suffering with immediate mental health challenges. I had signed up to become a Sholder and what I hadn’t realized is that this workshop would ultimately change my perception of my own trauma, and in essence, my world view.
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Hemophilia Can Make Sex Scary—But It’s Manageable
Hemophilia is an umbrella term for several lifelong conditions, each of which causes a deficiency in one of the 13 “clotting factors” in our blood. While this might sound like a good thing to people who only know about blood clots as major health risks, it’s a serious health problem. Low levels of even one factor make it hard for our bodies to form the healthy clots that stop bleeding—both from noticeable wounds and the tiny, often invisible injuries we often sustain simply by moving through life. At least 30,000 Americans live with some form of hemophilia—and that number is likely a serious undercount.
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A Guide to Safer Sex for People With Vulvas
As is age-old tradition, my friends and I were out recently having drinks and talking about sex. One of them was thinking of sleeping with someone who has genital herpes and raised the question, somewhat sheepishly, to the council: How do you have safe sex with a person who has a chronic STI? Is it even possible?
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The Struggles of Being a Hitman
This article is about the profession of a hitman. It includes information about what a professional hitman does on a daily basis, what does he need to do, and how he can make money. It's not easy being a professional hitman. You have to be able to read people and know how they will react in certain situations and then you have to be able to take advantage of that reaction. You also need some skills with firearms and martial arts.
By Chris3 years ago in Confessions
Too Young
Starts too soon. Too young to understand it. In a society that expects us to grow up strong and proud. And to tolerate sins and abuse. Although our parents have taught us better. Let us all try to live a better life and have a great day, a better day than the day before, please, and thank you.
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Rough day
I wouldn't say I grew up in the worst of homes. However it was by far not the best place to be, between having two parents in an unhappy marriage, to a difficult split, and then both of them hating whoever the other was seeing; made for uncomfortable home life.
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Meet Zissa, My Personal Demon.
Last month I turned 39 years old and I was hoping things would magically change for the better. Unfortunately, being a step away from 40 has led to MORE self-doubt and insecurities. I feel as awkward as I did at fifteen. Twenty-five-year-old me provides reminders that I have lived fifteen years with a chronic mental illness diagnosis that has always delineated my life. The current version sees how weathered I am and still doesn’t know what the hell I’m doing besides surviving one day at a time. This leaves little time to focus on the future.
By CMMO3 years ago in Confessions
My RV Super Powers
I am still new at being a full-time RVer, but I feel like I have already learned some new things along the way. In some strange way, I like to think of them as superpowers. Kind of like the witches in the American Horror Story: Coven learned theirs as they matured. Or when a mutant eventually turned into one of the X-Men. Although I have to admit my superpowers are nowhere near as awesome, I would still like to brag about my new skills.
By Crystal A. Wolfe3 years ago in Confessions
How Selena Gomez Inspired Me to become More Open About My Mental Health: A Review of "My Mind & Me"
I dive into the future But I'm blinded by the sun I'm reborn in every moment So who knows what I'll become What an amazing way to describe being "cleansed" of the struggles of mental illness, fighting your own mind every day while juggling a music career, and being in the public eye since the late-Y2K era.
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