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Toxic Workplace

My Job Made Me Sick

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Barbara's story

The constant stress and ridicule by a manager, who didn't want me to look better than her, made me physically ill.

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Academic Failure

I Flunked Out of My Dream

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Darlene's story

I was cut adrift from a lifelong dream, the sure anchor that had carried me through long years of study.

Anxiety

My Mind is a Scary Place

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Hazelle's story

In my imagination, I’ve been diagnosed, incarcerated, fired, divorced, and buried. My mind is a scary place to be sometimes.

Chronic Pain

When Everything Hurts

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Anne-Marie's story

I never know when it will hit me, nor why. Some days, I can do everything I have planned. I can even enjoy biking, hiking, or snowshoeing. But then, it hits me yet again.

Divorce

When Forever Ends

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Daniel's story

The American dream was lining up for us. We were living the life. But there was still this unhappiness, like a buzz in the background that never went away.

Sexless Marriage

Distance Made His Heart Grow Colder

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Juliet's story

The few times we were intimate it was mechanical and void of emotion on his part. Then it stopped all together. In a bizarre way, his distancing made facing his death a lot easier. He inadvertently prepared me for widowhood.

Porn

Alone in my Shame

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Stacia's story

For the entire two years I was trapped in my destructive addiction, I didn't know even one female who also struggled with it.

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