“The hardest part of all this is my loss of security and my lack of control over my own finances and future. I feel vulnerable and completely powerless to change any of this. It angers me that other people are determining my fate. Especially since they are doing such a pathetic job of it.� ~Dawn...

Sometimes the killer of relationships isn’t a lack of trust, a lack of communication or arguing with your significant other. It’s simple indifference. A relationship can survive most things if both people involved in it are committed to the other person and act with respect toward the ot...

is something that will happen to all of us, death surrounds us every day either personally or in the news, death is as normal an event in our lives as birth when you think about it. Yet as a society we find it hard to speak about it, we feel uncomfortable, I know often I feel as though I will be por...

Only know one of the words in that title? A Twitter glossary is essential to this story on #unsuicide, so that’s where I’ll start. Twitter is the hottest social medium du jour. 140 character posts about anything (pithy observations, links to text, photos, videos, or podcasts, spreading o...

When the economy — or a company’s business — goes south, the quickest way a company can chop its costs is by laying off its employees. It’s never popular and often companies will try other cost-cutting measures long before they have to cut workers, but if you’re among t...

I lost my fianceé a year ago today. He was my best friend, my everything and I miss him so much. His Dad and I found him. He hanged himself. He beat cancer, twice. He fought so hard to beat it. He fought hard trying to beat addiction and each time this disease pulled him deeper. My heart hurts so m...

YOU WALK BESIDE ME EVERY DAY The days are long with out you here, I've sat and cried a thosand tears, that cruel fate did my life destroy and take away my only boy. But you can wipe my tears away, you walk beside me every day. The looming years that, more or less just fill me with unhappeness,are sp...

I don't really know how to begin but let me first say that I am so glad I found this site. I know I said the same thing on my introduction post, but it's so true. I lost my baby brother to schizophrenia, drug use and a loaded gun on December 12, 2008. The details are that he went on a meth binge wit...

I've been debating for two weeks now but this question finally made my decision for me. I finally got around to seeing The Bridge. Bonus points for anyone who's seen it. This is a little long...I am Very Much Not OK now. [mods, if this is an inappropriate use of a question, feel free to delete, but ...

Grief during the Holidays: Ways to Cope "Happy Holidays!" is a greeting we hear often at this time of year - but if you're mourning the loss of a loved one, the holiday season may be anything but happy for you. Perhaps there is no time of the year when we are more aware of the empty space ...