Tag: Bullied

I’ve always had feelings, from a young age, of being lonely and cut off from the world. Being a full-time wheelchair user with a disability, osteogenesis imperfecta, means I’ve spent considerable time in hospital, missing out on school and interacting with my peers. My parents were understandably ‘overprotective’, not allowing me to go and play

THURSDAY, Dec. 27, 2018 — Teens who are often bullied may be left with shrinkage in key parts of their brain, increasing their risk for mental illness, European researchers report. They said such shrinkage eventually appears to create a growing sense of anxiety, even after taking into account the possible onset of other mental health

We all know women are judged much more harshly than men. It seems we’re always perceived as too loud or too quiet, too reserved or too domineering, too nice or too cold. But somehow, mothers are judged even more harshly than any of us. There’s this idea floating around that there is one perfect type

A few weeks ago, I tweeted the following: “No offense to literally all of you, but if the entirety of Twitter disappeared except for @chrissyteigen and @Adaripp, I would be just fine with that.” I wouldn’t say this tweet went “viral,” but it did reach slightly beyond the audience of people who choose to follow