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Most recently published stories in Humans.
A Useless Crush
Let's begin! I was about 19–20 years old when I decided to socialize with a guy a few years older than me. IT WAS POINTLESS! All I knew as to why I hung out with him a few times was because he was handsome. He basically lived around the same neighborhood as me. As a teenager I had the butterflies for him, but I was young so I was not going to try to make moves. Once I hit 19, I was like, why not shoot my shot. Swissshhhh! Of course I scored and got his number. Anyways, I learned he was nice, polite, and the worst of all, too needy and sensitive. I learned more, but you'll have to keep reading.
By Yasmine Mercado8 years ago in Humans
Grieving During the Holidays
When you reflect on your childhood holiday memories, feelings of warmth and love might swell inside you. You might recall the succulent taste of your mom’s turkey or the thrill of ripping the wrapping paper off your gifts from Santa.
By Stephanie Turner8 years ago in Humans
An Open Letter to My Friends
My Beloved Squad, Over the summer, I couldn’t wait to move to University. It was an entire new chapter of my life where I could meet new people and explore a new city, while partying hard as a Fresher. All I could think about was all the fun I’d be having, but nobody told me about the depression I would feel.
By Mollie Watson8 years ago in Humans
The Brutal Truth About Being a Newly Divorced, Single Mom
Life sure has its way of throwing you curve balls! Not even three years ago I never would have imagined that I would be sitting here now a divorced, single mom of two and one more on the way (more on that later). It's the reality of so many young adults these days and I want to take this time to share a few insights that I have learned by experience, because let's face it, I like to learn the hard way apparently!
By Sarah McKenna8 years ago in Humans
Lack of Self-Esteem: My Biggest Weakness
One of the definitions of self-esteem is self-respect. How can we respect ourselves if we are constantly accepting the leftovers of a relationship? Or if we think the tears and pain someone brings to our lives is excusable just to say that we are in a relationship? And I have been to this place so many times, where the little was enough as long as I could tell people I had somebody.
By Kelle C Rosa8 years ago in Humans
The Emptiness (Part 2)
("The Emptiness" Part 1 here.) How do you deal with the ruining of a friendship? You fell for them but they fell for someone else. You say your goodbyes and now you're crying. Trying to deal with the consequences of never saying you liked them early on, like an idiot trying to ski down the Italian Alps. Running into trees, going over the cliffs, plummeting to your death. But you remember you're in the office with others around you trying to not cry like a little girl, making mistakes is a part of life, you let someone go who you feel for. It was for your own good, the pain wasn't good for you, but this new pain it feels worse than the anxious pain. Which is worse? Anxious pain or the grief of letting the one you have feelings for go? They almost feel of the same level of pain just a different kind of pain. Craving their arms around you, their lips on yours, and their body between your legs. However, this isn't possible due to the anxiety within. It stopped everything and ruined the potential relationship and ruins the already friendship. How long until the plummeting to death ends? Does it come to an end when someone new comes along? Or does it end when you hit the ground? Either way, all that is known is that the pain will end one way or another with another or with acceptance. Now is the time to try and move on, to find yourself within, know who you are and what it is you want out of life. The focusing of life, those goals that you have, those are the things that matter. It's difficult, though, isn't it? This innate need to have someone is more of a want; humans are self sufficient, able to move along life and become powerful in their own way.
By R.A. Hudson8 years ago in Humans
Are You Worth the Commitment?
Looking back at my relationships, I can honestly say each guy I dated would agree that I gave my all (I would say that I love hard, but I'm starting to think that everyone either loves hard or not at all). Like many women, I saw myself being a wife to whoever the lucky guy was at the moment. Even when I knew deep down we didn't belong together, I tried to be an amazing girlfriend. What is an amazing girlfriend you ask? Well I'll be happy to run down the list: understanding, supportive, honest, helpful, considerate, compassionate, aiming to please... you know, A Wife!
By Rayne Pitts8 years ago in Humans
Soul to Soul
The moment their eyes met, she felt the hands of eternity itself wrap around her heart as peace filled every pore of her being—she was home and she had not even known she had left. Here, for the first time, infinity welcomed her in its embrace of beingness, and she swam languidly in it’s depths. Although she had forgotten to breathe, her lungs drew in air of their own accord, hardly daring to stop lest they interrupt the bliss that every mote and atom celebrated in this instant. This was love and the entire universe knew it and danced in time to the beat of their hearts. They would remember this moment for years as "the big bang," the moment a new universe all of their own was created, and it was they who had created it with their willingness to love each other. Nothing they had ever experienced to this point could compare with the divinity they each held in their hearts. Their minds had never been so still and clear, and neither of them had ever known such clarity and purpose. They merged and soared in the oneness of unity and sang silently of their joy across time and space dimensions. Each had known misery and had thought themselves to be in a hellish place of wretchedness and hopelessness. They had both begun to despair of finding happiness at all and had surrendered all need to control anything in order to simply survive. Free falling into this abyss by choice, they had found each other, and now the heavens sang in praise for all to see and hear. By the clock, it all lasted a nanosecond, but by heart-time, this celebration lasted aeons as their flames united again and blazed into life as one.
By Gabriella Grace8 years ago in Humans
A Letter For You: Abusive Relationships and What I Learned About Myself
Dear Incredible Reader, We always want to see the best in people. There's always a part of us that believes if we give it one more shot we are sure to get a different outcome; but that is an ideal that is so far from the truth of the cycle of abuse it makes me sick.
By Madyson Salmon8 years ago in Humans
Do I Have to Say Goodbye?
When having to give up the thing that makes you happy because it also causes you pain, it's like digging into your own skin and ripping your heart out of your chest. The thought of having to say goodbye is anxiety ridden thoughts. The heart and mind is racing against your own logic to make you say no. You'd rather deal with the pain and the suffering just to have a few messages sent throughout the week, to have that person be a part of your life in some form. You know it is bad for you, getting the advice from friends saying what you know is the truth. Yet, you still feel stuck between two places, deal with grief after saying goodbye, something that will only last for a short time, or continue with the lasting pain. That person has thoughts and emotions for someone else, you can feel them being happy for their crush. However, despite your crush you have to say goodbye, keeping in contact with them is tearing your soul up. You want them to be happy, but you cannot be there to see their happiness. You tell them the truth of why you are saying goodbye and then remove the conversation, unknowing if they saw the message or not. It's for the best you say, the pain will eventually go away. You want them inside of you, on top of you, holding you more than you want the living sustenance of food and water. Move on, get better, find someone new who is going to reply back to you more than just once or twice a week, who feels the same things for you. One day, hopefully, someone will come along and show you what you deserve in your short life. Although, what if someone doesn't come along, what if loneliness is the only thing that will stay forever? Sure a lot of this loneliness is up to you, but when struck with the anxiety of a million thoughts, all negative, how can one go on?
By R.A. Hudson8 years ago in Humans
