Search Results: How long will it hurt I can t handle the pain
How to Handle Rejection
Rejection: the one thing that yearning singles fear most. The dreaded prospect of having their affections completely turned down by the person they want to be with. A single “I don’t see you that way” can be a quick swan...
For the ladies: My experience "getting the girls squeezed" and what you can do to get the most out of your mammogram.
OK, I recently turned 35 and my OBGYN suggested that I start getting annual mammograms (I'm starting a bit earlier than most because my aunt is a BC survivor). I was (like many other women) quite nervous about having the...
The Proper Way to Handle a Breakup
Introduction: My story Recently, about a month ago, I broke up with my boyfriend of three months. I've been in a couple of break-ups before, but never like this. Instead of just being friends or leaving each other alone,...
Pain helps you grow: Why heartbreak heals!
You never think it will happen to you but the reality is at some point in your life you will experience heartbreak. Whether it's your girlfriend dumps you, your husband cheats on you, your dog dies or you and your best...
Kleiber's Law: How the power of one equation can and cannot explain many differences between the sexes historically and contemporarily!
BMR=M^(3/4) What this equation says is that the base metabolic rate ( BMR ) does not scale linearly with mass ( M ). This is a measure of an organism's capacity to both intake and expend energy. A way of understanding the...
What Not To Say To Someone Who Is Crying
Often times, we feel like we have the right words to say to someone who is experiencing a loss, a disappointment, or a shift in their every day reality. When people are going through life altering situations, it is best...
Guitar for the Superstar: The Ultimate Guide to Starting to Learn Guitar
This is going to be a long-as-crap myTake since there is a ton of info, so I leave this table of contents here so you can search through what you want and don’t want to look at (*cough* Command + F *uncough*). I’ll also...
Dear Me, a Break Up Isn't the End of the World
Dear Me, It seems like you found each other at the right time whenever you first met. Things seemed to being going pretty well. Before you knew it, the both of you were falling for each other until one day, he just...
To Confess Or Not To Confess: I Cheated On You, What Now?
There are two different forms of cheating: Emotional and Physical Emotional cheating - A bond between two people that mimics the closeness and emotional intimacy of a romantic relationship while never being physically...
You're Exercising Wrong!
Whether you are day one into an exercise plan or day ninety, one of the biggest reasons people fail to see improvement, or give up too soon, or injure themselves, is because they are literally exercising wrong. It's not...
Combination of ADHD and Autism.(Part 2)
Learning Disorder -Issues with Math,Spelling,and Grammar By now I'm sure this mytake has proven how horrible my grammar and spelling is.I haven't corrected anything I've typed.So that way y'all can see the words i...
The Blueprint For Man's Successful Journey of Losing One's Self Esteem And Finding It Again As Illustrated in "The Lion King"
The Blueprint (the pawprint?) of man's journey of losing and finding one's self esteem seems so complex and ambiguous that it would require thousands of self help books and ten plus years of therapy to truly discover....
I'm not sure if people rely on me or that they pretend to care...
I'm sure this is just my current insecurity, I have it a number of times where out of nowhere I start to question if the people around me actually feel like they need me in the friend group, I suppose it's just the fear...
10 Things You Should Never Say To Someone with a Chronic Illness
A few years ago, I got what I thought was food poisoning. I'd never taken any days off work, I worked 50 hour work weeks while also operating my own business on the weekends. I was busy all the time, and so, it was under...
Relationship Fallout: 5 Stages of Grieving After a Breakup
Heartbreak is excruciatingly painful. It can have a detrimental affect on your emotional,physical and mental state. It is a sad and disorientating time. When couples part the pain can be profound because it represents the...
Euthanasia, My Thoughts!
On GAG I've written several MyTakes about what I think about different topics like the death penalty , abortion and so on, so now I think it's time to write about euthanasia . To me it's a difficult topic because of...
Coping with Suicide and Depression
Coping with Depression Depression is an acute sadness and negative view of the world that consistently comes and goes over a period of time. People who have never experienced depression in their lives can sometimes...
Find Someone Who Loves YOU More Than You Love THEM
Find Someone Who Loves YOU, More Than You Love THEM! This passage I have heard over and over among my married friends. Every time I go through a break up, my girlfriends advise me that finding someone who cares about you...
Bullying: The Fear, The Drama, and The Acceptance of a Bully
There is a scene in 1988's United Artists film "Rain Man" where Charlie Babbitt grabs a hold of his older brother Ray's neck out of frustration - simply because he felt he could. Ray suffered from Autism and didn't have...
I was emotionally broken for 18.5 years
I've talked about this before in some posts but I've finally completed the level. It's always easier to describe stuff when you look back on it than when you're still in the middle of it. Trauma I was always developing a...
