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I Was Stuck In A Toxic Situationship. I Thought He Was The Problem — Until I Had A Frightening Realization.

"He had never apologized before. His usual playful energy was heavy with guilt, like a dog with his tail between his legs."
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My Health Insurance Company Is Trying To Kill Me

"They are genius (and stealthy) in their tactics to exhaust me financially, emotionally and physically."
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I Moved In With The Man Of My Dreams After Our Second Date. Then He Made A Request That Had Me Packing My Bags.

"We were like two feral raccoons thrown into the same cage — bonding with one another brought up anguish we’d spent decades trying to self-medicate."
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I Kept My Childhood Shame A Secret For Years. Now It's Time To Be Honest About Who I Really Am.

“I stayed quiet because I feared my work would be judged differently if I told the truth. I’ve come to see that by doing this, I was part of the problem.”
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The First Time I Peed On My Boyfriend's Floor, I Was Mortified. But Then It Kept Happening.

"Why would he stay with someone who could do such a disgusting thing, especially when we’d only been together three months?"
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I Dreaded Wedding Dress Shopping. Then The 5 Words I Never Thought I'd Hear Changed Everything.

"Part of my dread of wedding dress shopping came from the ways I believed I would be rendered invisible by the blinding brightness of heteronormativity."
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My Parents' Obsession With Purity Nearly Ruined Us. Years Later, I Found Their Secret In A Box Of Their Things.

"'I’m so angry,' my second sister said, visibly shaking. 'I’m not kidding, I’m mad.' Our parents had been cruelest to her."
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My Father Narrowly Escaped The Nazis. Here's What I Learned While Helping Him Die.

"My father was born Jewish in Berlin in November of 1938. Let that sink in."
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I Tried Everything To 'Fix' My Face. Here's What I Realized Decades And Thousands Of Dollars Later.

"The bullying I’ve endured has been relentless. It was so bad that sometimes kids would shout at me from their windows as I passed."
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I Never Thought I'd Need To Give My 9-Year-Old Medical Cannabis. Here's How We Got Here.

"Most parents are trying to keep their children away from marijuana. But it wasn’t a stretch for us to try anything to help our daughter."
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