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• Whispers

  by Sander Mason September 11, 2015
  As a child, I never felt comfortable. I believe that this is something that a lot of us can relate to. Other than feeling more like a boy than a girl, I struggled with mental illness. I was eleven years old when I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and I was eighteen when I was diagnosed with bord...

• Ending the Isolation

  by Sander Mason August 29, 2015
  "Isolation" is a word that everyone knows. Everyone has experienced its definition. It's not just being alone or feeling lonely. It is about feeling cut-off and misplaced. Unable to reach out, or being slighted when we do. In a phrase, it is this: feeling like we don't belong. Anywhere.  ...
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• When living in a world of secrets

  by Sander Mason August 28, 2015
  Hi there. This is my second post. I mentioned in the last post that I have accepted that I'm a man. It is truly liberating to embrace myself, who I am, and to find peace within my own skin. However, I am living in secret and it is truly harming me.   In general, I think that coming out - as t...
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• When we least expect it

  by Sander Mason August 24, 2015
  I was walking down the sidewalk outside of a music store when the thought suddenly hit me. "I should be a guy." Born a female, I was never a "typical" girl. At two years old, I had bristly stitches in my upper lip and proudly declared that I had "whiskers like Daddy." At five yeras old, I was...