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Bullied
(story submitted by RES, an 18 yo Chestist) Bullying, digital, physical, emotional….is out of control. Has it gotten worse, or are we getting more intolerant of its intolerance? Here's one reader's...
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Failing Out
(story submitted anonymously, by a Chestist) Just the thought of school is enough to make us run screaming into the night. We didn't like it, and we didn't often do that well at it. One of you wrote...
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ISO: Housemate and Advice
(story submitted by Sara, a 20 yo Chestist) Have you ever been hesitant to do the right thing – because you think it's the wrong thing for you? She ias and here's her story: My friends and I are...
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The More You Know
(story by Mir, from WouldaCouldaShouda.com) I grew up in the 70s and 80s, which was of course the era of Very Meaningful After School Specials and the little "The More You Know" PSAs on television....
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Trapped
(submitted anonymously by a Chestist. oringinally in May, again today) To start with, let's get this out of the way. I am a college age girl (I do consider myself a girl because, let's face it, I am...
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High School Romance & Lessons Learned
(story submitted anonymously, by a Chestist) If you manage to make it out of High School in one piece it can be easy to look back on those loves, lusts, and infatuations and laugh at the intensity and...
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Can You Fail at Growing Up?
(story submitted by Casey, a 16 yo Chestist) We talk a lot about expectations here @OOC. They can motivate us and they can smack our happy around like nobody's business. Here's Casey's story, and all...
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Being a Teenage Girl Sucks
(story submitted anonymously, by a teenaged Chestist) Are you a teen, been a teen, raising a teen? If you are, have been, or might be…you'll get this, and her story: Being a teenager sucks bad. Being...
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Jackie O on School Days
"If school days are the happiest of your life, I'm hanging myself with my skiprope tonight." (at the age of 16, in 1945.) We hesitated before posting this, and not just because we had to look up what...
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What’s The Meanest Thing You’ve Ever Said?
(by OOC) I was 13. It was a friend's Bat Mitzvah party (yea, that's how we rolled). I was the new kid in class and wanted to be popular. And so I walked up to a girl (MM) who'd gone to the school...
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Not Everyone With Depression Is a Quiet Kid
(story submitted anonymously, by a Chestist) No matter how open-minded and conscious we may be, we can all fall back to judging books by their covers and people by what we see sometimes. But, we're...
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Not Enough Keggers?
(submitted by OOC) According to this NYT article 39% of college women reported feeling overwhelmed versus only 18% of men. Yup, 2x as many women. Why? It hasn't been all that long since some of us...
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I Struggle Everyday
(story submitted anonymously, by a 20 yo Chestist) Sometimes we're held back by things within our individual control, and sometimes by things outside our control. And then sometimes the things that...
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Not As Pretty As I Want To Be
(story submitted anonymously, by a Chestist, now on OOC rewind) We're assuming this comes from one of our younger readers. Any advice from any of you who've been there before? Here's what she's got...
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Best H.S. Valentine’s EVER.
(A friend sent us this Valentine’s from the head of the Santa Monica HS PTA to their students. Best Valentine’s ever.) Dear Santa Monica High School Students, We love you. But today, it’s not enough...
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