“I wound up hurting my shoulder in softball and I could not throw anymore. [..] I could hear all these girls saying things behind my back and I...
Category - Culture related
Saad: “People With Disabilities Can Also Do What Other People Can.”
“When I decided to become an actor and a model, I had so many people tell me that “why would anyone pick you, there are so many people...
Alonna: “I Was Pregnant In College”
“It was a struggle to live in a college dorm with a new born, especially when all of my friends wanted to party and celebrate their last year...
Julia: I Was Bullied and Harassed at Work
“I was bullied. It’s weird because the people that I worked with were in their 40’s, 50’s.. so you’d think that working...
Zachary: Pushing, Shoving, You Name it.. I Went Through It In High School.
“Having a family doesn’t exactly protect you from the harsh things people say in High School. It was rough, it got to certain elements of...
Mary: I Had A lot of Anger Issues And Couldn’t Get Along With Other Females.
“I was in therapy and just had a lot of anger issues. Half way through fourth grade, I just couldn’t deal with the societal pressures and...
I Had Started Questioning My Worth And What Value I Added To This World.
Growing up, I was terrible with numbers in general and so math never came easily to me. This really made me feel insecure especially since my brother...
Living Silently Under Oppression For Years, Only To Be Blamed
I’m Nia, a 20 year old student living in Austria, at least for now. I was born to a religious and oppressive family in Syria, and lived there...
I Was Physically and Sexually Abused.
“But you know what? None of that matters. What matters today is that I am happy, i’m healthy, and I’m alive.” “Through...