humanity

For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.

I Don't Know How to Talk to People - the Confessions of an Extrovert
Let's get straight to the point. I used to be a very awkward person. Most of my friends would say I still am. Yet I somehow feel that I've changed. Through developing strange ways to cope, I've created a sort of shell around myself. This shell is literally double the awkwardness. Now I know I'm not making a lot of sense here, but give me a couple paragraphs to explain this strange phenomenon that both empowers me and degrades me at the same time.
By Xyeath7 years ago in Humans
The Beginning of Something New
Hey my name is Abdul Melod Aziz Nawabi, I go by Melod. This is my first professional post, truth be told, it's a bit nerve-wracking. As I'm learning how this platforms works, and how people enjoy sharing their content, I will take it upon myself to give you some background information about me:
By Melod Nawabi7 years ago in Humans
The Different Forms of Pain
Everyone goes through pain in their life. It could be heartbreak, loss, abuse, or even mental pain from the ones that we think are our friends or family. In an average life, a person will deal with at least two of these. Personally, I have dealt with them all, and although that sounded like bragging, it wasn't.
By Katrina Chamberlain7 years ago in Humans
If You Didn't Go to Your Senior Prom, It's Okay
The past few weekends I have been seeing a lot of prom pictures. It's all the pretty girls, with their pretty dresses, their cute dates, and all their friends looking like they're having the time of their lives. It brought me back to the place I was in just a year ago, when I didn't attend my senior prom.
By sarah cay smith7 years ago in Humans
Memories. Top Story - April 2019.
Childhood She knows all of it happened. It’s just been a while, 10 or 25 years, and memories grow thinner as time passes. So thin sometimes you cannot see them for what they were.
By M R Britton7 years ago in Humans
'DEEP'—Her Touch Is Empty
She tamed their heart’s beast, by being troubled against a wall. Stuck in position, she could not give what they desired. A lost envoy rests on the shoulders of this one, she thinks. Peering past the bathroom situation and the countless other times she tempted men to cross her boundaries, neither a whore nor a prude, she only wanted to live in the same light as her peers.
By Alexander Vanderaa7 years ago in Humans
On Domestic Violence
Domestic violence can be physical or psychological and can impact anyone of any gender, race, age or ethnicity. Abuse or domestic violence may include behaviors meant to scare, physically harm, or control a partner. It is generally one partner trying to assert their power over another
By Brandon Leuangpaseuth7 years ago in Humans
Vantablack
Every time I stare in the mirror, I see her. A not-so-tall person, who always has a detestable look in her face. She does not understand the meaning of love. Ever since she was a child, her parents were always away at work. She did not understand why. Being unable to enjoy life like a normal kid, she read what was left on the bookshelves, and talked to herself to keep herself company. In school, she was never the popular one. In school, she would sit in a corner, trying to understand why the people around her could smile just as easy as breathing. One time, she asked her mother about her occupation as she heard other children sharing about their parents. Her mother was busy, and asked her to stop bothering her. However, she just could not give up, and kept on asking. To her surprise, her mother slapped her in the face and asked her to go somewhere else. She did. At the end of the day, she would never live like a normal child, nor experience what it was like to be loved.
By Gale Morgan7 years ago in Humans
On the Cusp of Twenty-One
The leaves had just begun to change, slowly crusting over into the many different shades of red and orange. Their fall to the ground seemingly inevitable, where they would then remain until the air grew cold and they succumbed to an onslaught of snow.
By Katie Matthews7 years ago in Humans
The Future of Relationships Between Men and Women
Progress doesn’t stand still and affects all areas of our life. How are we going to love and go on dates in the future? What awaits us in the near future that will come in five to 10 years? How love affairs, sex, marriage, and feelings will change? Knowing the approximate scenarios, it is much more likely to be happy in personal life.
By Alexander Povetkin7 years ago in Humans
Living Toxic
Dealing with toxic people is apart of life sometimes, you can't avoid them. They will show up in your life one way or other at some point, but what happens when those toxic people come in the form of your relationships or friendships or family members? How do you handle that? How long does it take or how much do you have to go through, until you see the toxicity in someone that you are close to? That is something I am still trying to figure out myself.
By cheyenne 7 years ago in Humans
The Colours of Abuse
You love him, and he has his issues. But who doesn’t, right? Those thoughts rush through your mind every time he lays an unkind hand on your porcelain skin, creating the marks of indigo, that mark you his property, the green of envy upon your arm proves the fear of letting go, the crimson blood shows his anger across your face, the crystal water falling from your eyes demonstrates your love. I can fix him, it will be okay… it never becomes okay. When making love becomes everything except love, when the hand that once held you, now makes it hard for you to breathe, this is when you know it will not be okay.
By [email protected]7 years ago in Humans