Recovery How I Get Relief From My Private Scars I have been getting tattooed for the past 17 years, but I never understood why. I think I have found some clarity, so I figured I would offer that perspective. If you have tattoos, it may make sense to you as well. For perspective purposes, I want to note that about 70% of my body is covered in tattoos. Written by Zach Gray July 31, 2020July 31, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Recovery Why Do I Feel So Much Rage? I remember feeling so much rage directed toward, my father. After every outburst of pure rage, I will feel relief like something has been released. To someone watching on the sides, the magnitude of my reactions looked excessive. I on the other end, I almost always failed to notice these outbursts of rage. Written by Joel Mwakasege May 20, 2020May 20, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Recovery How I Found Stability in My Life After Years of Suffering I struggled with my mental health for years but didn’t think I had a problem. I was riding an emotional rollercoaster for so long, I accepted these high and low states as part of who I was. I labeled myself as being a sensitive person. Emotions flooded my brain in certain situations while I floundered about trying self-regulate. Written by Kathrine Meraki April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Recovery On Perpetrators, Victims, and Fighting to Be Heard After every atrocity one can expect to hear the same predictable apologies: it never happened the victim lies, exaggerates, brought it upon herself, and in any case, it's time to forget the past and move on. The more powerful the perpetrator. Written by Joel Mwakasege May 2, 2019May 2, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How to Cut Down Smoking From 300 to 30 Cigarettes a Month in 4 Ways From when I was 16 to 18, I found it impossible to close my days without an entire packet. That’s 10 cigarettes a day. 300 cigarettes a month. It’s wild, but crazier to know I had friends that feasted on more than a packet every day. And in 2 years, I puffed on 7,200 cigarettes. […] Written by Aman Habib July 22, 2021July 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
I Miss My Father Who Passed Away I miss my father who passed away in 2016 on New Year’s Day, when I was 26. It was the second time we lost him—the first was five years earlier when a massive stroke hemorrhaged through his brain, leaving him hospitalized and in rehabilitation for the better part of two years. He never fully recovered. […] Written by Allison Ruttger July 19, 2021July 19, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How to Say I Disagree In a Smart Way One of the most troubling aspects of this new hyper-digital era is our crumbling ability to communicate with people who disagree with us. There is the sense that we are shouting across a void at one another — in completely different languages. Our rebuttals are locked and loaded as we scan tweets, posts, and articles […] Written by Kenton Klassen February 9, 2021February 12, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
7 New Options and Improved Ways On Overcoming Past Trauma The first half of 2020 was particularly dull and difficult. I’m sure many can relate to this. The sudden lockdown forced me to finally think about overcoming past trauma, deeply repressed issues, and long-overdue grief; hence a breakdown was inevitable. Additionally, I had to deal with a range of family issues and the demise of […] Written by Fatimah Alayafi February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
4 Steps to Recover From Anxiety and Depression I took several steps to recover from anxiety and depression. But the moment I realized the severity of it all, I was sixteen years old. One night I had stripped down to take a shower, and before stepping in, I saw a profile of my body; I had always been a thin kid, but horror and […] Written by Simon Hoffman January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What Narcissistic Fathers Do to Their Daughters and 7 Insecurities It Cause It was December. Another year had gone by and to my mom’s dismay- I was still single! I’d been dating for a while but there was no sign of “The One”. I was in a good place- my career was going great, I looked my best and had a few guys who were interested in […] Written by Anna Taylor December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
