hope - Fess UP! My Journal Out Loud (Page 3)

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The Undiscovered Country of Getting Better

After 35 years of suffocating depression, I finally used the last of my air to speak up.

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The unique agony of a “mature” breakup

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Delayed due to inner maintenance.

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Why Happiness Isn’t a Choice — And the Truth About High-Functioning Happiness

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On the men I couldn’t hold, and the guy I was when I tried.