Stories – being or feeling “different”

I should see a psychiatrist about this because I work my ass off, but I'm uncomfortable going out in public! ...
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I was a living stereotype of the nice little Japanese girl: quiet, polite, and obedient. My mom worried that I ...
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The traditional way of life in India is that children continue to live with their parents or their families until ...
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So who says a 5 foot 1, pudgy redhead can't go to Japan to become the next pop star singing ...
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Due to the fact that I am a drummer, playing an instrument predominantly played by men in the male-dominated music ...
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When you're the odd kid out at a small Catholic grammar school, you're destined to get picked last for every ...
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I had to convince the French owner of the company, Jean Charles, that I could be completely happy in grubby ...
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When I was a little girl, every shooting star, every coin tossed into every fountain, every candle blow of the ...
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It was standing room only and it was pretty overwhelming. I invited people to ask me any questions that they ...
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Sure, living with paranoid schizophrenia is difficult, but so are millions of other things. Cancer is difficult. Diabetes is difficult ...
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Well, was that me? Old Doris? It was not the Doris who had sat meekly among them a year and ...
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