The Inner Thoughts Of A Person Suffering From Anorexia
I don’t know how to qualify the way I viewed myself. There were days I knew I was too thin and others where I viewed myself as desperately in need of losing weight. Sometimes those two thoughts existed at the exact same time. I could look at my ribs and know they should not stick out like that, then turn slightly and see a fold of skin and immediately think I had let myself go.
Small things. A skin roll when sitting. Bloating after eating. The softness of my stomach when I pinched it between my fingers. The way my body looked from one particular angle. Things that probably would have meant absolutely nothing to anybody else became evidence to me. Proof that something was wrong and that I needed to correct it.
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“I caught the bouquet at my sister’s wedding and now my family is mad at me”
At the start of July, my girlfriend, Lily, and I went to a wedding where both of our sisters were getting married: Maya, my sister, and Mary, Lily’s sister.
The wedding itself was great. I do not know how else to explain it other than it being social anxiety’s arch nemesis.
Then came the bouquet toss.
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Stop the Scroll: A Practical Guide to Reducing Screen Time
We all know the feeling: it’s 11 p.m., you’re still scrolling through Instagram or TikTok, and you realize you’ve wasted an hour… or three. Reducing screen time can feel impossible when so much of our lives are tethered to our devices. But it doesn’t have to be that way. You can regain control over your time and attention without swearing off technology entirely. Here’s how.
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5 Historic Photos That Speak Volumes – Ned Hardy
If you want a simple piece of emergency gear that could one day save your life, toss this in your backpack or emergency kit. It filters bacteria and protozoa from freshwater, weighs just a couple of ounces, and can provide clean drinking water almost anywhere. – Amazon
Russia charges Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorism, seeks his arrest – CBS News
French music producer Kavinsky, known for Drive soundtrack hit Nightcall, dies aged 50 – The Guardian
His Wedding Guests Were Arriving—Just as His $45 Billion Fund Was Falling Apart – WSJ
The Million-Dollar Talent Wars for 20-Something Math Geniuses – Archive.ph
Could AI take your job? Some workers in China already know the answer – The Guardian
22 Memes That Won The Internet This Week – Ned Hardy
If you drive anywhere outside the city, keep this in your trunk. It can repair most punctures in minutes and may save you from waiting hours for a tow or expensive roadside assistance – Amazon
Revenge of the Simps: How a community of porn addicts tried to rescue the teenage camgirls they worshipped from the clutches of a violent webcam pimp. – Archive.is
Georgia school shooter’s father, who bought him a gun, is sentenced to 15 years – NYTimes
Why Kids Can’t Quit Roblox – Archive.ph
Netflix sued for $105m over stolen Nicolas Cage war thriller – The Guardian
The rent was already high. Then came the $200 work-from-home fee – USA Today
Tony Romo ‘on leave’ from CBS Sports after arrest on suspicion of impaired driving in Wisconsin – NBC News
The Dumping Grounds
QUIZ: Could You Survive as a Journalist Covering the Cartels in Mexico?
Mexico is one of the deadliest countries on earth to be a reporter, and not one at war. The people who kill journalists here are rarely caught, which is precisely why it keeps happening.
The reporters who survive have a name for what they do: survival journalism. It isn’t about courage in the Hollywood sense, the lone truth-teller shouting into the dark. It’s a craft of hard calculations made under pressure, where the instincts that serve a reporter anywhere else can be exactly the ones that get you killed here. The people who last learned to think differently about the work, and they paid for those lessons.
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“My partner has an IQ of 72”
My partner is in a college and work training program, and he has been struggling for a while. He was recently referred to student support to be evaluated for possible learning or mental disabilities. As part of that process, he took an IQ test and scored a 72.
I was not completely surprised. He often has trouble with basic tasks and can seem to lack common sense. I have always tried to look at him with compassion and assumed he just needed more time to learn or mature. But seeing that number made something shift in me. It no longer feels like this is just about immaturity.
You Can Do Everything Right and Still Be Alone. Here’s Why.
There’s a quiet lie we absorb early in life.
It goes like this: If you work on yourself, become emotionally intelligent, go to therapy, communicate clearly, set boundaries, stay fit, build a decent life, and generally don’t act like a jerk—love will eventually show up.
Not immediately. But eventually. Like a reward for good behavior.
And when it doesn’t happen, the confusion sets in.
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