Read the second half of A Thousand Splendid Suns on a plane home and bawled :(

I have a ridiculous amount of these awful moments because I cry when I’m embarrassed or angry. My worst involved a drunk cry, which I don’t do often.

No need to be patronizing. And as I mentioned, I lived in one of the most expensive cities in the U.S, not the country.

I learned long ago that I can’t dwell on it, or my head will spin in a full circle like that little girl from the Exorcist

Yeah. It was a research degree and I knew it was going to be useless employment-wise from the getgo. I intended on going into a phd program in clinical psych afterwards but didn’t have the experience/wasn’t quite ready. Then I realized research isn’t my cup of tea, and that settled that. I comfort myself by convincing…

Sheesh, that’s fucking ridiculous

Yeah, I was barely squeaking by in one of the most expensive cities in the US.

Psych :/ If any college freshman are reading this, let me be your cautionary tale- don’t do it without having your life or at least your terminal degree already mapped out! Any if you don’t know what you want to do, take time off and work instead of pursuing a useless and very expensive MA!

I feel like $12-$14 is decent considering the (stupid, horrible, grr) epidemic of no jobs for people without advanced degrees. At least it’s a living wage, though I hate that that’s not a given. I got paid to work my ass off for $13, one of the very few jobs I was qualified for with my 2 bachelors and masters degree.…

I get where you’re coming from! I worked with someone who was actively trying to be diagnosed with schizophrenia/psychosis because she wanted to have what she perceived as an exciting disorder that would get her attention. It’s really frustrating. When you have friends pulling annoying shit, I can see how it would be…

Way way way TL; DR. Why you gotta make fun of LA?

When people say they’re “so OCD,” they usually are referring to stereotypical traits of Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD), which is characterized by excessive neatness and organization without the obsessions and compulsions. Fun factoid. It’s like when people joke about schizophrenia and mistake it for…

Can we not be elitist about it though? That’s the other side of the coin. I’ve struggled with depression (yes, dx at 8) since early childhood. I am functional and high-achieving and it’s not something I talk about very freely. I sometimes allude to it, sometimes in a joking manner. Unless you’re someone’s healthcare…

I can’t speak for the person you’re replying to, but my problem with this little anecdote is that the wife acted like a little bitch after the dish was removed and the waiter apologized. It’s absolutely acceptable behavior to ask for a new dish if something is wrong with the first one (well, as far as I know).…

Er, and what exactly are you humblebragging about? That your wife thinks a waiter apologizing and removing a dish to get her a fresh, correctly-made one is inadequate? Sounds like you married a real winner. It’s not as if she found a pubic hair or a piece of machinery.

That’s generous. I was going to say early 20s and only because they have children. I’m veggie and if I found a piece of meat in my salad, I would remove it. Shit happens

Hey now, he cites xojane and dismisses replies he disagrees with. How could you possibly imply that he’s ignorant?

Hey troll account #2.

Oh, you link to xojane, a load-of-crap site that’s only good for hate-reading? My bad. You’re a stupid MRA

From his reply to you, it’s clear we’re dealing with an MRA.