Ahhh, friendship. When we're very young, we use it as a bargaining tool. 'Swap seats with me, I'll be your best friend!', best friends are like fashion seasons, they come and go. You hit an age when you realise you either really love your family, or you really hate them, but either way, its pretty likely that you'll end up turning to your friends ( Read more... )

Studying psychology at university did one thing for me: made me even more outraged at how little anyone understands mental health. I went to university already despising ignorant people who would announce they were 'manically depressed', believing it to mean that they were extra depressed, more so than suffering from your 'bogstandard' depression. ( Read more... )

Fat. Three letters, a million negative connotations. I'm fat, but I do my best to sugarcoat it any way I can. I'm curvy, I'm voluptuous, I'm full-figured. Its pointless though, of course. At the end of the day, I'm still fat. For the most part, I accept it. I spend my life telling myself that no, I'll never be a model and no, I'm not thoroughly ( Read more... )