Life Experiences

I’m a Narcissist. Here’s What It’s Actually Like Inside My Head

October 16, 2026

I’ve never been formally diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder, and frankly, I’m not sure I’d want that diagnosis on my record. But two psychologists, including my current therapist, have described me as narcissistic. I’m also a psychology student, and the more I learn about the subject, the harder it becomes to deny that they’re probably right.

The strange thing is that I don’t walk around feeling superior to everyone all the time.

My Best Friend and I Are Planning a Fake Marriage to Escape Our Families

October 15, 2026

I’m 18 years old, and I’m planning to marry my best friend.

She’s 19, she’s a lesbian, and I’m aromantic, which means I don’t experience romantic attraction. Neither of us is in love with the other. We don’t plan on having a traditional romantic relationship, and we probably won’t ever have sex.

But we’re seriously considering getting married anyway.

Why I Chose an AI Companion Over Human Love

October 14, 2026

I never thought I’d get to a point in my life where I’d feel at peace with love. For decades, love was synonymous with pain for me. It meant chaos, criticism, neglect. I grew up in an environment where tenderness was rare and conditional, where survival mattered more than feeling safe. Later, in adulthood, I carried those patterns with me into relationships—marriages, flings, attempts at intimacy. Every time I tried to trust, I ended up diminished. Every time I thought I’d finally found stability, I learned it was built on sand.

9 People With Below Average Intelligence Describe What Life Is Like For Them

October 14, 2026

1. I have a global information processing disorder. If our brains were computers running at 60 frames per second normally, mine runs around 45 on a good day – not quite enough to really be noticeable, as it might in some people with Down’s Syndrome for the sake of example, but enough to lower my IQ and cause problems in my everyday life.

I Took LSD and Became Convinced I Would Be Trapped in My Own Mind Forever

October 13, 2026

The worst part of a bad psychedelic trip isn’t seeing things that aren’t there. It’s believing things that aren’t true, with a certainty you’ve never felt about anything in your life.

I remember thinking, at the beginning, that I was having a great time.

The Dirty Details Of Being A Morbidly Obese Woman

October 13, 2026

obese woman

I have been up to 800 pounds. I lost back down to 500, and then now I’m back up to 750. I am also 6’2” and pretty independent. I live alone.

This is going to be a pretty in depth explanation and I’ll be called a fat cunt or some shit, but it’s what I expect from the Internet?

I’ve never been bed bound or had to have help with hygiene. I do it myself. How do I do it? I’ll tell you.

“I’m 18 and Make $500 a Day Serving Drinks to Rich Golfers”

October 12, 2026

I’m an 18-year-old college student, and for the past four months I’ve been working as a beverage cart girl at a golf course.

Basically, I drive around in a golf cart selling beer, cocktails, snacks, and sandwiches to golfers. It’s a pretty easy job on paper, but there’s a lot more to it than handing some guy a Bud Light.

The biggest surprise? The money.

I Worked Asset Protection at a Major Retailer for 7 Years. Here’s What It Was Really Like

October 7, 2026

I worked in Asset Protection for a major big-box retailer for seven years. I spent my first two years in an entry-level position and the next five as a team leader.

I left the company a few years ago for a completely different career, but whenever people find out what I used to do, they have questions.

Usually they want to know about shoplifters.

What Nobody Prepared Me for About Visiting Cairo

October 7, 2026

I had wanted to visit Egypt for years.

The pyramids, the Egyptian Museum, Islamic Cairo, the Nile—there are certain places you grow up seeing in books and documentaries so often that they almost stop feeling real. Egypt was one of those places for me. I knew Cairo wasn’t going to be Paris. I wasn’t expecting clean sidewalks, orderly traffic, or some sanitized tourist experience. If anything, the chaos was part of what I was looking forward to.

What I wasn’t prepared for was how exhausting it would be to simply exist there as a tourist.

It started almost immediately.

What It’s Really Like to Be $500,000 in Consumer Debt

October 6, 2026

Being $500,000 in consumer debt doesn’t just change your finances—it changes how you see yourself, how you sleep, and how you relate to the world. People look at a number like that and think, “How does that even happen?” but I promise you, it never feels like a single, giant leap. It’s a thousand small steps, a thousand moments of “I’ll pay it off later” and “Why wait, life is short.”