breakups

When it comes to breakups, pain is inevitable, but Humans thinks that suffering is optional.

Catfished
So what can a girl do when she has these mixed feelings with a man, when she wishes to spend her life with him? What happens when she decides to marry him and she realizes she made the wrong choice and he takes it the wrong way?
By Sequoia Finlay8 years ago in Humans
I Was Mistaken
Have you ever thought you were doing something good for yourself or for someone else, yet it ends up going terribly wrong? What you had hoped to achieve and accomplish does not end up occurring at all. Instead, the exact opposite happens.
By Meg S8 years ago in Humans
Dear You, with Love, Me
Dear You, I'm writing to you a letter I will never send, a letter you will never read. We started of as strangers, then we became friends, then we became that something else. Now this begs the question, what are we?
By Mask Mayhem8 years ago in Humans
Chemical Reactions
chem·i·cal re·ac·tion noun • 1. a process that involves rearrangement of the molecular or ionic structure of a substance, as opposed to a change in physical form or a nuclear reaction
By brandee youngclaus8 years ago in Humans
Short Piece
I was 14, my parents got divorced, found out that my mother was a lesbian (I always thought her girlfriend was a bitch). I moved to a new town, just my mom and I. Around this time I was just finishing up middle school and starting my freshman year of high school. I had a couple of relationships my freshmen year but they didn't last long. I made some really great and some not-so great friends, some still last today, others weren't real friendships from the start.
By Amanda Panda8 years ago in Humans
Breaking Up
It's over. It's really over. I mean, not technically, but we both know it is. We're holding on because we live together, and the lease is up in a few months. We haven't talked about breaking up; we just pretend everything is okay. He still gives me a kiss every morning before he leaves for work, but he cringes when he does it. He hasn't touched me in months. Internally, I am screaming. My limbs quiver with all of the emotional turmoil I'm holding inside, but I keep telling myself, "just a few more months."
By Amber Teixeira8 years ago in Humans
The Beginning and the End
If I could go back to the moment I stepped out of that cab in Logan Square, I’d make myself get back in that car and shut the door. I’d look at that version me who now no longer exists, the one that had yet to meet Matt Karter, and I'd tell her don’t go. Don’t you dare meet that boy. She’d look at me wondering why and I’d just say because he will break you like you’ve never known.
By Morgan Lee8 years ago in Humans
Walking Away
Sometimes you have no choice. When you're being abused, or hurt by a situation, when there's no salvation or escape, when you can do nothing but watch everything fall apart around you, sometimes you just have to walk away. It's the hardest lesson to learn, the hardest decision to make, when the instinct is to fight, but it's the only option sometimes. Walking away isn't the same as running away, you walk away for your own sanity, you walk away because it's all so out of your hands that you have to give up. I remember when I was in counseling, my therapist told me, "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink," and that's the truth. No matter how much you want to save or change the horrible situation you have no option but to witness, you need to start thinking of yourself.
By Laura Smith8 years ago in Humans
Why I Disappeared...
I think I’ve said goodbye to so many people in my life, to the point where the only place I feel comfortable enough to turn are these pages. I mean I’ve loved and I’ve lost and yes, I have moved on and become this whole other person, but I thought when I felt my lowest of lows that I’d always have a place that feels like home, and I think that’s what’s making this so much harder for me. I turn around and everyone is busy and bustling about their own lives and anyone that I ever held dear to me is distracted or has already said goodbye. And I guess that’s okay, but simultaneously, it’s like I give so much of myself to people… I’m the first one to wipe away their tears and the first one to help fight their battles but when it’s my turn it’s like, wait a day or two… or a simple no… no way. And that makes me feel an unexplainable kind of discomfort, because I hate asking for help and I hate relying on people and it takes me a lot to get to the point of even asking in the first place.
By Muted Clarity8 years ago in Humans
Yes, Your Pain Is Real
The pain of going through a heartbreak is not only emotional, it can oftentimes be physical as well. Maybe you feel like your heart is quite literally breaking or perhaps you're experiencing other pains in your body. Maybe it's making you feel unwell or sick. I want you to know, though, that everything you're feeling is real.
By Kyle Kong8 years ago in Humans
Relationship Healing
A relationship can leave scars physically, emotionally, and mentally. A home is not meant to be a battlefield or constant betrayal. Emotions can feel like waves going from highs and lows. Iyanla: Fix my Life states to be still, to allow thoughts to flow as in meditation, clear out unwanted thoughts. The mind is a powerful place so what we feed it will grow. People love you today and hate you tomorrow. Love can be a wicked game that can leave someone with so much sorrow. Some say, how can I proceed on living and being strong knowing he did me wrong? Why do the days seem so long?
By Charlene Ellison8 years ago in Humans
Self Discovery
So here's the thing, I am currently going through my first ever really big deal of a break up. First love is really hard to get over, especially when you're trying to stay friends while simultaneously going through a large life transition outside of the break up. I recently finished college, and I'm living back home in my super tiny town with one friend who can barely socialize as it is. I'm applying to every post-undergraduate opportunity I can find, I applied for a job that I still haven't heard back about, and my depression and anxiety is at an all time high.
By Melody LeMay Sellers8 years ago in Humans