Losing friends, at any age is hard, but it feels even harder when it happens in your teens, at school, and even harder when you’re chronically ill. I got glandular fever when I was 16, just before all my exams that year and consequently missed them all. I decided to leave the school I was at …
I was never good with numbers. Math was never a strong suit of mine and only brought me anxiety and stress. After the incident, I wanted to share my story, so I wrote a blog post about it. I treated it like an essay. They are simple as long as you don’t procrastinate. Which I …
Recovery. The word sounds simple enough, but it’s one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever made. I’ve struggled with my mental health since I was 8 years old, to give you some perspective on long it’s been, I’ll be 15 in October. In between then and now I’ve had multiple panic attacks and breakdowns, self-harmed …
Hey guys! My name is Maddie and I’m a high school junior and lifestyle blogger. The 2018/2019 school year is coming to an end, which means summer is almost here! However, that also means finals and AP (or IB) tests are among us, which is quite the stress-inducer for most of us. Starting out the …
Ahh, the dreaded friendship breakup, although I’ve never experienced a relationship breakup I’m going to argue that a friendship breakup is harder because you never really prepare for them to happen. Dating someone always has the lingering thought that you’re either going to get married or break up but friendships are just best friends “forever” …
Loving your body is hard… Loving your body when it’s changing is even harder. As a teen, your body is in the process of huge changes – hormonal, emotional and physical. You’re eagerly awaiting your “glow up” like a caterpillar in a cocoon, waiting to emerge as a butterfly… but what they don’t tell you …
I was diagnosed with a chronic pain disorder called Complex Regional Pain Syndrome at the end of my grade 10 year. At the time, I thought chronic pain was for old people and that it would go away. I was terribly wrong. Over the past year and a half, I’ve become a person that I …
JustSoChristmas Day 9 Having grown up in a broken family I know how hard it can be, especially around holidays like Christmas. Because it becomes this constant reminder of what you don’t have, but what you want more than anything. It can really mess with your head and even suck away the magic of Christmas, …
In just a few weeks, I will be done with Middle School. Everyone told me Middle School was going to be a difficult time, and it is, for so many people. There’s braces, acne, dating, and that’s just for starters. But the hardest thing of all is finding your way socially. Middle School for me …
In life, there’s always this want for more: more money, more clothes, more friends, more *insert what you want more of here*. Of course, it’s important to have dreams, set goals, and want to reach them, but there can come a point when healthy goal-setting evolves into an obsessive dampener on your own happiness. As …