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Latest Understanding Articles

Stop Comparing Your Pain To Others’

Stop Comparing Your Pain To Others’

Kirstie Taylor Kirstie Taylor
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Humans experience everything differently. No two people have lived the same lives; no two people have felt the same suffering.

The Line Between Love And Understanding

The Line Between Love And Understanding

Ryan Ruiz-Rogelj Ryan Ruiz-Rogelj
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I took time for you, but why won’t you take time for me?

We All Need Someone Who Truly Understands Us

We All Need Someone Who Truly Understands Us

Danny Forest Danny Forest
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People have a hard time getting it when you’re different.

Staying (When Every Part Of Me Wants To Run)

Staying (When Every Part Of Me Wants To Run)

Janne Robinson Janne Robinson
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This is a sweet walk in forgiveness, and letting go, and all that is choice.

You’re The Only One Who Ever Really Knew Me

You’re The Only One Who Ever Really Knew Me

Kirsten Corley Kirsten Corley
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Someone who takes to time to read between the lines between awkward facial expressions and fridging hands.

This Is Why Self-Love Is All About Understanding Yourself

This Is Why Self-Love Is All About Understanding Yourself

Jeric Hade Bernabe Jeric Hade Bernabe
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Loving yourself is not only doing what’s right for you, but doing what gives you happiness, drive and life.

Being Different Is A Good Thing

Being Different Is A Good Thing

Oshin Ahlawat Oshin Ahlawat
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So I stand in a different line, with a different colored tie, and a different hairstyle, all the people in the white and black coats stare at me

When You Want To Talk, But You’re Afraid No One Will Understand You

When You Want To Talk, But You’re Afraid No One Will Understand You

Oshin Ahlawat Oshin Ahlawat
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I want to move, I want to change, I want to talk, but nobody speaks my language, the language of the lonely, of the lost, of the hopeless

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