How Bullying Leaves People Broken and Beaten

Girl crying from bullying and feeling broken and beaten.

Broken, Beaten and Bullied I’ve been bullied, broken, and beaten, and the resulting despair is a constant companion. I can count on it. I depend on it. It never lets me down. The nighttime, from 6 pm -10 pm is the graveyard where my pretenses go to die and awaken feelings of worthlessness. I was […]

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Championing a Different View – Self-Harm “Before”

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Are more people really staring at my self-harm scars? A brief video on my thoughts and fears before going to the water park.  Please stay tuned for a later post with commentary on what I discovered about people looking at my self-harm scars at the waterpark. Followup: The followup post can be found here.

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Dear us, We Need to Talk

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Dear Us, We need to talk.  I don’t know exactly how to start this conversation, but let me first say that I’m sorry I have not been your friend for ages and beyond. We learned early what it was like to be neglected and abused, and I didn’t know what to do with that, so […]

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Music Monday – Make Yourself “Invincible”

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Follow my blog with Bloglovin Invincible: Unbeatable.  Indestructible.  Powerful.  Strong.  The former words can all used to describe Music Monday’s empowering anthem by Pat Benetar called “Invincible.”  Benetar sings the personal and authoritative fight song that will make you rise to your feet, sing out loud, and fire you up to beating the monsters that […]

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Music Monday – Sia and 5 ways to “Never Give Up”

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Welcome to Music Monday. We check out Sia’s explosive and inspirational anthem called “Never Give Up” and find 5 ways to keep on moving forward.

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