Dear stranger, I’m the youngest in my family. The mediator, the one who gets blamed for things and the one who has to step in and keep the peace. I always assumed that that was just my job and it sucked, but it was what it was. I learned to keep my emotions down… Continue reading Letter #294
Tag: Isolation
Letter #298
Hey stranger. “Insecurity holds you back.” I never understood the reasons for this quote. How can an insecurity hold me back? It’s just something that you hate or see yourself as not being good enough, I always thought, that always pushes you to do better. But, jeez, I was wrong. I’ve always pushed people… Continue reading Letter #298
Letter #270
Content Warnings: Anxiety, Fear of rejection, emotional vulnerability, loneliness, isolation.
Letter #262
alcohol use, isolation
Letter #238
Content Warnings: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Parental trauma, Death, Disordered eating, Religious trauma, Self-deprecation, grief Dear stranger, You’re supposed to love your parents, right? The idea of being apart from them should cause you pain, the fact they’re likely to pass in the next ten to thirty years should bring visceral sorrow and… Continue reading Letter #238
Letter #224
Content Warnings: Self-isolation, social ostracization
Letter #128
generalized anxiety, suicidal thoughts
Letter #138
Content Warning: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), social ostracization, isolation, intrusive thoughts, imposter syndrome
Letter #125
Social anxiety
Letter #115
Content Warning: Depression, Bullying, Loneliness, Isolation, Rejection, Substance Abuse
