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10 Powerful Tips For Anyone Who Suffers From Skin Picking
Whether you’re picking at your lips or your forehead or your fingernails or your scalp, it can take up hours of your time. It can chip away at your sanity.…
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7 Early Signs Of Depression To Look Out For In Your Life
Are the things that have always made you happy things that you now find unthinkable to do?
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Wait For The Person Who Knows Your Standards Aren’t Too Much To Ask For
I can’t promise it’ll be easy, because a relationship requires work and effort, but I can guarantee it’ll be worth it.
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50 Inspirational Reminders You Need To Soothe Your Soft Heart
Don’t act when you’re angry. Don’t make decisions when you’re sad. Don’t make promises when you’re happy.
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This Is Why You’re Willing To Stay In The Wrong Relationship, Based On Your Zodiac Sign
Leo: You don’t want to admit you were wrong about them.
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25 Not-So-Fun Parts Of Sex That No One Ever Talks About
Fishing out the pube from your mouth after going down on someone.
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Why Girls Who Don’t Love Themselves Have Trust Issues
We have trust issues because we can’t come up with any reasons why someone would want to date us — but we can come up with a million reasons why…
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When You Date A ‘Good Guy’ You Aren’t Really Into
You want to give him a chance, but you don’t want to lead him on.
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When He Flirts With You One Day And Ignores You The Next Day
You can either hold onto the hope he likes you back and continue throwing yourself at him — or you can raise your standards and realize you’re worth so much…
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Rethinking Fate And What’s Meant To Be
Will they still be happily married at seventy or will they be miserable, always looking back on the one person they truly wanted but didn’t end up with?
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Congratulate Yourself—You Are Stronger Than You Ever Imagined
You were never weak. To be raw is real.
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When You Lose The Friend You Thought Would Be In Your Life Forever
When you lose a friend, part of you dies a little.
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7 Steps For Finding A Relationship That’s Going To Make You Happy
Don’t look for perfection, because that’s the very first stumbling block that keeps you from finding a relationship.
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Anxiety Is About So Much More Than Not Wanting To Answer The Phone
It’s about wanting to cancel plans with a friend who means the world to me and not knowing exactly why. It’s about not wanting to show up at a party…
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50 Boys On The Dumbest Thing They’ve Ever Done For A Pretty Girl
Grew my hair long because she asked me to. She stopped going out with me. I kept growing it, and wasn’t successful with women until I got it cut.
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You Are Allowed To Leave Any Story You Aren’t Happy In
You are allowed to surround yourself with positivity, acceptance and, most of all, love.
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It’s Time To Fall In Love With Yourself
tell yourself that you love you. you forgive you. you accept you. that you are listening to you. feel it as you dance with your day.
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What You Can Tell About Someone’s Personality Based On Their Favorite Pokemon
Ditto – You let your friends pick the movies, the restaurants, the road trip music. You never give your own opinion. You do what everyone else wants.
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This Is Me Accepting There Is No More ‘Us’
This is me accepting that I have to go on living my best life without you.
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If You Truly Want To Be At Peace In Your Life, You Must Decide What Is ‘Enough’ For You
You cannot be a self-hating person and expect to build a loving, healthy life.
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I Wish I Didn’t Feel This Way, But I Feel It Anyway
It’s hard to care so much that I’d walk through fire, especially when a voice inside tells me you don’t feel the same.
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Maybe I’m Not Ready For Love Now, And That’s Okay
Maybe right now, I need to find myself and get to know who I am as a person.
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5 Surprising Reasons Why Love Hurts In A Relationship
Being in love means being in pain. Maybe not all of the time, but certainly some of the time.
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How To Do Weed Magic
And every time you breathe out consider that the future you will live could be better than the future you are currently hoping for.
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The Scariest Part Is, I Would Give You Another Chance
I would give you another chance if you stopped playing the victim, if you stopped blaming other people for your own mistakes. If you showed me you’ve grown into someone…
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9 Things To Know Before Going To A Psychic Medium, As Told By Someone Who Works With One
It’s best to come to the experience very open.
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When You Meet The Right Person, Timing Won’t Matter
We come across many people in our lives. If we’re lucky, we get to keep those that truly belong. If we’re wise, we learn even from those that have a…
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24 Therapeutic Things To Do For Yourself When You Feel Emotionally Neglected
Pick one thing you feel most confident about and make an effort to do even more of that each day.
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Thank You For The Second Chances I Don’t Deserve
Thanks for looking past the flaws and loving me anyway.
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You Can’t Pretend Your Toxic Relationship Never Happened
Forgetting about what happened doesn’t erase what happened. It doesn’t magically get rid your baggage, your insecurities, your deepest darkest fears.
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Exactly What Each Birth Order Is Like On A First Date
You’re in for a calm and quiet first date with any middle child.
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15 Ex-Racists Describe The Exact Moment Their Viewpoints Changed
“I realized I had always had these underlying assumptions that people of other races were ‘different’ than me. And then I realized they aren’t.”
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Sometimes, You Have To Ask For What You Deserve
Sometimes, you have to ask for what you deserve in order to discover what other people believe you deserve.
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Why You Need To Raise Your Standards, Based On Your Zodiac Sign
Because it’s not healthy to think so little of yourself.
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Please Hold On, This Pain Will End
You want help and support, but you don’t know what kind of support you need. You don’t know who to turn to or what to ask for, because you just…
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Alice Roosevelt: 27 Facts About The White House’s Original ‘Wild Child’
She was a headstrong, impetuous, rule-breaking woman in an era when women were expected to look pretty and keep their mouths shut. And she was acting this way over 100…
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Maybe You’ll Never Be The Same After An Abusive Relationship And Maybe That’s Okay
I remember the first time my body tried to tell me something.
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Maybe We Were Meant To Be
You will always be my proof that yes, it is certainly true that the very best things in this life will somehow find their way to you.
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I Won’t Be Telling My Mom ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ And That’s Okay
I believe everything is a learning lesson if we choose.
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You Can Fight With Everything You Have, But What Isn’t Right For You Will Never Remain In Your Life
There is nothing that you can do to win someone, or something, that is not meant to be yours.
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Apologies Mean Nothing, Actions Mean Everything
If someone really loves you, if they have their heart set of staying with you, then they’re going to make corrections to their bad behavior.
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Why It Takes So Long To Realize You’re In A Toxic Relationship
You’ve been taught everyone has faults. You’ve been taught relationships require effort. You’ve been taught staying and trying to fix a situation is better than walking away without a fight.
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30 Important Reminders You Probably Need To Hear Right Now
It’s okay to make mistakes. We are all human and are not perfect.
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10 Bad Habits That Make It Harder For Me To Find Love
I don’t know how to play it cool. I don’t know how to hide what I’m thinking.
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Men, #MeToo, And Mommy Issues
Recently watching Alexis Bloom’s excellent 2018 documentary about Roger Ailes—Divide and Conquer—with my wife, Laurie, I wondered aloud what possible fulfillment he could have derived from such flatly transactional sex…
