breakups
When it comes to breakups, pain is inevitable, but Humans thinks that suffering is optional.
Let Me Paint a Picture
Let me paint a picture for you. You’re 18. You are living in an overpriced house on a corner lot in the middle of the city. You moved there to get some distance from your parents. They aren’t bad. They just see what you don’t. They see that that boy, the one that you have been with on and off, is bad news. They see that living with six roommates will never end well. They see that you have the potential to move mountains but just need the motivation and encouragement to get to the base of that mountain and push.
By Sam Schubert7 years ago in Humans
Be the Lotus of Your Own Life
Sometimes you have to fight to see the beauty in your life. This is my story. Growing up I always watched my mother in many different relationships. Some of them okay, but none of them great. As I grew up watching her go through the tough relationships she did, I knew I didn’t want that. Getting older with that thought in the back of my mind, I always tried to force my relationships with men to be perfect. I didn’t want to hurt. My first serious relationship was when I was 14, going on 15. He was perfect to me at first. I didn’t really know what to look for; all I knew was he made me feel happy. That happiness soon dwindled. In the years to come, he used what he knew he had and hurt me with it. He knew I would never want to give up so he could pull me around however he wanted.
By Cheyanne Mondloch7 years ago in Humans
Perspectives
I was in a relationship for two and a half years in high school. Like all relationships, it started out amazing. We would always hang out, we would go out and do stuff, everyone thought we were "relationship goals." It wasn't always perfect. Within the last year of the relationship, he became distant. He would no longer make an effort to talk to me, when we would hang out, he would randomly turn his back toward me and ignore me for hours. It made me feel worthless. I grew into so many insecurities and I became so uncomfortable with myself. He ended up breaking up with me right before graduation, which broke me in the process. I had put so much effort into him and our relationship, that it felt so weird being by myself. I never really told anyone how I felt, because I didn't know how to feel. Most of the time I felt numb.
By Carly Smith7 years ago in Humans
Just Leave...
I'm not much of a writer... But I wanted to share my story. Hopefully it may relate to someone who might see themselves in my story and give them courage. It might also help me realise that I'm not the only one that has gone through something like this.
By Phoebe Pizer-Lyles7 years ago in Humans
Don't Let Your Happiness Depend on Something You May Lose
The person I thought I was going to marry broke up with me. I am sure that many of us have been through the sentence above. I am sure that many broken hearts tried to fight back for something that was already lost. Desperately skimming through endless websites so that maybe they will find the miraculous way to get their "soulmates" back; Spending the time that they will never get back.
By Salar Sharif7 years ago in Humans
Narcissistic Abuse Happens to Men, Too!
It’s important to raise awareness of Narcissistic Abuse, but as we do we need to remember this happens to men too. Below is the story of Craig who still after many years suffers symptoms left behind from the abuse and he lives in hope to this day that he will one day be able to return back to his home in Bedfordshire.
By Sarah Warrington7 years ago in Humans
My Toxicity Ruined My Relationships
There is no beating around the bush, I was the downfall of my own relationships... I'd met him in October 2017 following the destruction of my last relationship with someone from another country. I hadn't been expecting to find someone that I would connect with for another several months, perhaps years. 'S' came into my life at a point where my mental health had began taking a turn for the worse and has carried on into my present day life.
By Kayes Rigsby7 years ago in Humans
We Broke Up...
It's over. How do you even begin to wrap your head around that? Regardless of the length of a relationship, having it end is so raw and sad and relieving and terrifying all at once. You always see in the movies break ups being depicted in a certain way; the dumped is always sad and eating ice cream out of a tub whereas the dumper is usually unfazed by the new development in their life and seemingly continues on with their days without any care. But that is not true. Break ups do not always have a clear, black and white victim and villain.
By Megan Crawford7 years ago in Humans
