Humanity
My Unreasonable Jealousy
Introduction Over the past couple of weeks I have been seeing a lot of members of Vocal+Plus Assist getting Top Stories on Vocal, often multiple ones close together. I am over the moon for the people I know and maybe slightly peeved about others who are “Vocal Favourites” who seem to get Top Stories because of who they are but that is probably due to my own personal tastes. We can’t like everything and we don’t have time to read everything.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Confessions
The girl with the question mark on her wrist
2008-2009 The divorce was final. Not sure if the paperwork had gone through yet but my dad was definitely remarried and I’m now living with him, his wife and her two kids all under one roof. My baby sister was born and now I had this new family. As a 19 year old teenager I didn’t really grasp it all. This is sort of a trend with me that I’m noticing. I don’t feel things.
By Natasha Collazo3 years ago in Confessions
Diary of a Caregiver: Confession #2
In case you missed it - Click here for Diary of a Caregiver: Confession #1 Preface Before I go on with the situation with my mom. Let's back up a little so I can let everyone briefly know what was going on with me. I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in September 2019. This had me shaken at the time I felt like this was the worst thing that had ever happened to me. Due to Covid my treatment was postponed until August/September 2020 at which time I took a Leave of Absence in order to undergo 20 radiation treatments. The radiation treatments were a success. Currently (November 2022) my PSA level is down to .81 from a high of 4.6. My guess is by the fall of 2023 the cancer should be undetectable.
By Rick Henry Christopher 3 years ago in Confessions
Meet Zissa, My Personal Demon.
Last month I turned 39 years old and I was hoping things would magically change for the better. Unfortunately, being a step away from 40 has led to MORE self-doubt and insecurities. I feel as awkward as I did at fifteen. Twenty-five-year-old me provides reminders that I have lived fifteen years with a chronic mental illness diagnosis that has always delineated my life. The current version sees how weathered I am and still doesn’t know what the hell I’m doing besides surviving one day at a time. This leaves little time to focus on the future.
By CMMO3 years ago in Confessions
Twenty-Something
Here's the thing about me: I'm a mom, but I'm also 25. Moreover, I'm a 25-year-old mom in 2022. I'm physically attractive, with a thick accent and a people-pleasing mentality caused by years of mental and physical abuse. This matters because without meaning to, I construct a perfect companion for whoever it is I'm talking to. I nod my head, I grin just wide enough, I take my glasses off at just the right time to reveal the eyeliner I've carefully used to round out my almond shaped eyes in just the right places. Conventionally, I'm attractive. In the ways that count. In the ways that get me laid.
By Gypsy3 years ago in Confessions
27
What have I contributed to this world? A harshly illuminating question I ask myself from time to time. Another year and the same daunting question looms so close to my head I nearly dare to look up. I have always been immensely self-critical and self-competitive. This behavior tends to bleed into a stream, forming a bad habit infinity pool of comparison as well, but that is a self indulgent topic for another day.
By Dakota Love Dangler3 years ago in Confessions
A Sort Of Problem. Top Story - November 2022.
Introduction I recently wrote a piece setting myself a task to create a fiction that was entirely positive. I wasn’t sure I could do it, but I did, and the story I am talking about is at the end of this one. So what is my problem?
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Confessions
WHY I LOST My VIRGINITY...
We started off as friends and it later turned out into a beautiful two years relationship, we both nurtured plans of getting married and having a future together but it was not gonna be that easy as we both wanted to begin any thing sexual after marriage but we are humans aren’t we?
By Adin Reggie3 years ago in Confessions
Five Strange Things About Me
Before I even get started with this article, let me just shoutout the original writer who came up with this idea first; Carol Townend; who's stories/articles I definitely do recommend you take the time to go check out - she's a vocal creator I always look forward to whenever I see her new articles appear in my subscriptions.
By 'Lissa Stufflestreet3 years ago in Confessions
Everything will eventually make sense when it's a matter of pain for people
Rather than delight, pain is the aspect of life that teaches us a more sensible lesson. Grief colours everything we perceive when we are suffering. The lightest thing is cast into the deepest shadow by suffering. The sun and the moon are always alone, so it doesn't make sense, therefore let's use the illustration of the vast sky, which has never been darker. Instead of the soothing notes of the rain, there is a static noise that makes you ponder too much. Painful memories gradually drag us down as hard as this. And nothing has changed, despite the impression of change. When joy fades, we revert to our most lonesome and truthful selves. So pain falls us on the darkest side and keeps away us from happiness. But at the same time pain also become the reason for learning the lesson of life.
By Wajiha Khan3 years ago in Confessions
