Molly Burford

They all are patients in a psych ward.

If you’ve been wondering if you should just send the ✨ risky text ✨ you’ve had drafted in your notes app for the last three weeks, here’s your sign: do it.

Take a deep breath. Open the door to the bar. Contemplate running right back out but go and take a seat across from kind eyes you know you’ll never see again. Try to enjoy yourself anyway.

In Demi Lovato’s directorial debut Child Star, the singer interviews six other former child stars–Drew Barrymore, Alyson Stoner, Kenan Thompson, JoJo Siwa, Christina Ricci, and Raven-Symoné–about their experiences growing up in the spotlight.

First, let’s make something abundantly clear: Wanting love does not make you weak, it makes you human. That said, chasing love and partnership is different from seeking love and partnership.

The great thing about access to you is that you can revoke it as you see fit. Here are some signs he isn’t interested in pursuing a relationship (he just likes having access to you).

Enthusiastic listeners. People who don’t make you guess if they’re mad. Direct communicators. The friend who helps you clean your room. Those who are kind to those who can do nothing for them.

Guys, take note: there are certain “manly” behaviors that are definitely not as masculine as you may think.

The things we love say a lot about who we are, and our film preferences are no different. The movies we tend to gravitate towards can reveal interesting insights to who we are as people, particularly related to our personalities.

The mornings you don’t have to set your alarm and can wake up when your body actually feels like it. Hugging your best friend after a year of not seeing them. A full-body cry. First kisses.

If you have anxiety, you already know: it sucks.   Anxiety is hard to deal with because it makes you distrust your intuition. Anxiety has you overthink your decisions, your perception, your feelings. Anxiety completely and utterly depletes you.

The greatest love stories don’t always last forever. Sometimes, though, it is exactly that ephemeral nature that makes these romances so beautiful and impactful in the first place.

How your mind can paint a picture of a world that only exists in a fantasy book. Your beating heart. Saying the wrong thing. Missing the bus. Missing the point. Missing the person who broke you. Tired bones.

I’m slowly learning how to miss you without reaching out.   I’m coming to realize that missing you isn’t a good enough reason to reopen the wound, to try and rekindle the flame.

Breadcrumbing is when someone likes you enough to keep you around, but not enough to commit to you. Instead, they leave you with “breadcrumbs” of affection and attention to chase.

Getting benched is when someone you’ve been talking with or dating casually likes you enough to keep you in their rotation but not enough to commit to you and only you.

Brianna Wiest is one of the most prolific, profound, and popular writers on the internet (and bookstores).