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“‘Little treat’ mentality. AKA ‘I’m alive, I made it through the day, so I deserve to do something I know isn’t good for me like I’m Pavlov-ing myself for existing.’ I’m not saying never to indulge, but there’s this mentality of ‘allowing’ yourself one moment of pleasure in exchange for a longer time of suffering that…
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“It was a surgery rotation when I was in medical school. Middle-aged lady brought in unconscious, pale, and possibly bleeding internally; she stabbed herself multiple times in the abdomen because her husband cheated on her. We cut her abdomen open trying to…
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“An older gentleman, probably in his late 60s to early 70s, boarded the plane and told me he had bathroom issues. I was working the aft galley and he sat in the very last row. I assumed he meant he had bladder issues and had to pee frequently, so I didn’t…
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“My best friend was engaged for a year (and was with the guy for five years). She found out less than a month before her wedding that he had planned to kill his ex-wife (mother of his child) after she had married someone else. He had gone up to the mountains…
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“I see everyone bringing up the Americans with Disabilities Act and talking about how accessible our buildings are here in the United States. The ADA goes beyond that by so much more.
I’m a relay operator for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing communities.
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“I’m 40, and I came out nearly about a year-and-a-half ago at 38. My wife passed away in January of 2019. About five or six years prior to her passing away, I started to realize that I wasn’t straight, and figured I must have been bisexual, as I…





