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Congress and others who apparently don’t study the facts, believe that Social Security is a government handout. But ‘entitlement’ means that people who have paid into a program all their lives are entitled to a reasonable return on their investment.

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Most of the time, he makes my life unbearable. He makes me miserable, but tells me that that misery somehow makes me special, makes me better. He points out the worst in me and convinces me there is nothing good there.

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I’m going to remove the stigma for a second. I used to self-harm. I used to cut up my stomach, my arms, and my ankles. And now I don’t anymore.