Airplanes And Anxiety Attacks

I’ve reached this point before, when it’s too late for pills because I’m already too anxious. If I take the pill, my breath will slow and my heart will stop. I’m alone and who will make sure I’m okay, who will save me 30,000 feet in the air? Not silver-haired man. Not anyone. It’s too late, I decide, now I have to stay conscious or I’ll have a heart attack.

Steph is a former editor at Thought Catalog and a current writer at Gawker Media. Her work has been featured on ...

10 Things That Happen In A Lesbian Relationship

In a relationship, it is almost guaranteed that you will get fat and happy. You will lie contentedly in her arms on your plush couch among your eclectic throw pillows and reflect on how lucky you are. You will order in and eat out. In a spirit of domestic goddess-osity, you will attempt to cook dinner from scratch, which will of course result in half the kitchen on fire and subsequent takeout from the Chinese bistro down the street.

Mila Jaroniec lives and writes in New York. You can read her super short fiction on various places on the internet ...
 

How You Feel When You Might Fall Asleep At Work

You’re at your desk, but then suddenly you’re at the vending machine. How did you get there? Did you float? Oh. Is there a tiny unicorn for sale in the vending machine?! It’s waving at you from E7. Its tail is multi-colored streamers. Its hooves are Oreo cookies. No, wait. You’re blinking. Your eyes were closed. How long have your eyes been closed? Where did that unicorn/cookie go?

Gaby Dunn is a writer, journalist and comedian in New York City. She is an editor at Thought Catalog and a ...

Why Hooking Up With Girls Who Have Boyfriends Never Pays Off

“Scott,” he says. “I know Bill has been playing every single minute for us for the past year-and-a-half, since right after that fall formal, you know, when he came up to me at the punch bowl and started rubbing my back and said, ‘Why don’t you give me a shot at the title, coach?’ But you know what? You’re going in there the second half. Thing is, though, you can’t tell Bill.”

. Scott is a 24-year-old writer and journalist who lives in Ocean City, Maryland. You can get in touch with him ...

What Actually Happens In Women’s Bathrooms

It’s no secret that women and bathrooms have a special relationship. We like to go in groups, stay in there for about two rainy seasons, and often come out  an entirely different person.

Chelsea Fagan is a writer living in Paris. It's less pretentious than it sounds.
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