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why do i like the set myself up for self destruction?
By: Jane Gilmore
Tags: Teenagers, Anxiety, Rant, Preparedness, Random Thoughts

why do i like the set myself up for self destruction? I think about this a lot because well i do it a lot. For someone who has anxiety i sure don’t seam like i do. Most of the time in fact i have a “fuck it what ever” attitude. The only reason why i am able to have this attitude is because i’m always insanely well prepared. I’ve been that way my entire like probably because my dad was in the marines and fought combat. So if my friends want to all go to the bathroom at the same time during class i’m like “yeah sure” and not “what if we get in trouble?” because i know that if a teacher asks us why we are all in their i am great at coming up with an excuse. some of my favorites are “oh she was having lady problems” or “i was crying over a test and i needed support”. Like worst case we get reported and my school had much bigger problems to deal with this year then some girls missing 5 minutes of class. This year is 2020 so i could literally have a drug addiction and my school would be like “but did you have your uniform shirt on during your zoom?” (i’ve never done drugs before just so we’re clear).

Anyway, i never really set myself up for self destruction. i mean yeah sure it may seam like it but i usually end up embarrassing myself and everyone forgets about it a day later. I’d rather make those memories then live the same boring day over and over. Plus i know that i’m a strong little bitch who can live through anything.

Your probably reading this thinking “she isn’t a very anxious person” and i totally get that. I am only anxious over things that i don’t have control over. I guess growing up worried about everything you learn that you can handle a lot and you cope by trying to be prepared for everything.

ok that’s enough ranting for today

Luv ya, Jane Gilmore
A Day In The Life
By: Tess Meyers
Tags: Teenagers

Hey guys so look, this is my first post (God I hope no one i know finds this, cuz thats hella embarrassing) and I just want you guys to know how I do things. Im a teenage girl, and Im just here for a good time. This site is probably filled with a lot of like descriptive, poetic, well-written stories. Not here! Maybe after I get better at writing but on my page, it’s a little different. Yes, there will be typos. Yes, there will be “slang” terms as my english teacher loves to call it. But if you want to read some interesting things about my life, feel free to stick around. Thanks yall :)
10 Things I want at 18
By: Hammad M.
Tags: Students, Teenagers, Life

in The Case of Curious Birds
Everything you think you know about eating disorders is wrong. (Oh, and here are the right answers).
Tags: Teenagers, Funny, Eating Disorder Recovery, Mental Health, Teen Mental Health

I suffer from an eating disorder and I have since I was fifteen. I have never been officially diagnosed, since to have my behaviors medically labeled, I had to become underweight, and, though I hit that weight for a couple months, stay underweight long enough for my unhealthy patterns to be validated. However, I can say that I fit nearly every one of the symptoms of Anorexia Nervosa (Restrictive subtype) listed in the latest edition of the DSM-5 (338–341). All this to say, I know a thing or two about eating disorders. And, if the film and writing world are any indication, you normies do not.

Let’s start with the worst movie I have ever watched: Starving in Suburbia. To summarize, a girl who feels normal is peer pressured into logging onto an eating disorder forum, where girls encourage her to set a 500 calorie limit, be a butterfly, and worship the goddess Ana. Throughout the movie, the main character becomes more and more disheveled, eventually losing her mind and chanting some ritualistic Ana creed. The following are excerpts from a journal entry I wrote while watching this movie:

“‘In order to fight the disease she has to gain weight’ B**** PLEASE LIKE CMON WRITERS DO YOUR RESEARCH 99% OF THE TIME ITS 100% A MENTAL ISSUE GAINING WEIGHT WILL NOT FIX HER…”

“‘Be NOURISHED BY BREATH; DENY YOUR FLESH’ *gag*”

“Hey, PSA world, not all eating disorder sufferers become psychopathic possessed demonesses curled up in closets with rings around their eyes and stringy wet hair. We don’t all just mutter ‘Emptiness is pure; starvation is the cure’ to ourselves”.

You get the point. Portrayal of eating disorders is mostly based on cringey 2012 Ana Tumblr. It drives me insane, too, because nearly every time I’ve decided to open up about my eating disorder, I get *that* look. The, Oh, she only cares about how she looks, she’s probably thrown up before, and she collects thinspiration photos look. The She’s faking it, she’s not even skinny look. Did you know that less than 6% of eating disorder sufferers are clinically underweight? Probably not, since in the media, every sufferer is stick thin, and every stick thin girl is suffering.

One of the biggest misconceptions about eating disorders has to do with the eating disorder online community. This includes myproana.com, eatingdisordercentral.com, and a bunch of other spinoffs, Tumblr pages, and even subreddits. My own first experience with the online ED community was r/proana, a subreddit that eventually got banned. Are they places where we all worship goddess Ana, chide each other for eating a calorie more than we want, and share cringe-y quotes? Yes, for about 10% of the total site content. The rest is personal blogs within the sites, rants, off-topic media and discussion, and questions-and-answers. My favorite topics in all of eating disorder internet culture is the EDMemes. Yes, we have memes. I don’t believe it could be a culture if there weren’t memes.
hi, amelia here!
By: Amelia Scott
Tags: Teenagers, Anxiety, LGBTQ, Youngadult, Depression

hi, amelia here! first things first, i know a lot of people my age struggle with anxiety and depression, and as do i.

for the last three years i had been in a very toxic relationship. i had to tell him where i was going (if i was going anywhere, which was very rare), i had to tell him who i was with, who they were with, i couldn’t have friends, i could barely talk to my family without him getting mad, and all that jazz. it got to the point to where he didn’t want me around my brothers because he thought we were incest (in case you didn’t know, that’s fucking gross.)

now i know, i know, you don’t want to hear about my problems. i’m just giving you some backstory and if people are going through the same thing, i don’t want them to feel alone in this cruel, unforgiving world.

now, i have just recently gotten out of this toxic relationship thanks to my mom. my mom saved my life. i had moved all the way across the country to live with this guy and i did for just about a year. when i tell you i had hit rock bottom, i hit rock fucking bottom. i was put down for my beliefs, what i liked, my sexuality, what i wanted to wear.

i am a 19 year old bisexual female that believes in just about everything a white “man” doesn’t. women shouldn’t have to fight to have rights over THEIR OWN BODIES, girls can wear whatever they want and not be shamed about it, and men can fucking wear dresses if they want to.

i was put down for every last one of these examples i’ve listed. but not only that, if i was sad i was told to get over myself and stop crying.

again, i’m not trying to tell you about my problems, but listen to how completely stupid that sounds. and how i never called him a man once.

someone who is struggling to find their way in the world doesn’t want to hear “just get over yourself, you’re being a crybaby”. we want to hear “hey, what’s wrong? you can talk to me, i’m here”.

because guess what… you’re worth it. you’re worth the two seconds to ask that question. you’re worth the seconds, minutes, hours of the day. you’re worth the sun shining through your window, telling you to wake up. you’re worth it and if no one else will tell you then i will.

you. are. worth it. and don’t ever let anyone tell you different. don’t ever let anyone take these words away from you.

everyone has their struggles, everyone has their own pains, but don’t not let them take it out on you because that isn’t worth your time.
january 2020
By: Kyra Lally
Tags: Teenagers, Photography, 2020, Corona, Life

hi. my name is kyra lally, i’m a sixteen year old girl from boston and i’ve been taking pictures of everything i do on my phone for the past couple years. maybe it’s quarantine, but i finally started combing through some of the photos. so this is january 2020.

this is right before the pandemic “started”. i spent new years day in NH, skiing with all my friends. it’s weird to think that these photos are probably the clearest view i’ll ever have into the pre-pandemic life, because we aren’t going back to normal for a while. me and two other friends hosted exchange students from beijing for a few weeks, which sounds crazy now. but it was fun- we weren’t worried.

i’m not sure who this is for. probably just me. but i hope this works as a little glimpse into what life is like for a high school student in 2020.

so goodbye for now.

i’ll talk to you soon.

xoxo
hello, my name is amelia, and welcome to the diary of a 19 year old girl trying to find her place…
By: Amelia Scott
Tags: Teenagers, Anxiety, LGBTQ, Youngadult, Depression

hello, my name is amelia, and welcome to the diary of a 19 year old girl trying to find her place in the world. well, not diary, but more of a journal or blog or whatever you’d like to call it. i’m writing this in hopes of reaching people going through similar things in their lives that i encounter in mine and letting them know that they aren’t alone.

hey, you. yes, you. you have secrets, don’t you? don’t worry, i won’t ask what they are; secrets should be kept hidden unless it yours to tell. with this app, i will be telling you a few things only a few people know. like, not even my parents know. i’ve made friends with some pretty awesome people that respect my secrets.

let’s become friends!
Can I fit in?
By: Alvish Aamir
Tags: Society, First Post, Beauty, Teenagers

The marks, the bumps, the scars…can I really fit in? The hip-dips, the dark knees…can I really fit in?

“What is beauty?” the teacher’s deep, raspy voice snatched my thoughts back into reality. I scanned the whiteboard. The word ‘Beauty’ rested upon the flat surface, written in bold letters.

Beauty? I thought to myself, while the teacher waited upon a student to answer his question.

I’m not beauti—

“Alisa, what do you think beauty is?” The teacher pointed at me with his whiteboard pen, eyes gleaming.

“I-I…uh..” I stuttered.

Across the classroom, a familiar voice sounded;

“Ha, how would she know what beauty is? Have you seen her?” Jay announced, mockingly.

Jay — the school bully. Well, he’s not exactly a bully…he just specifically picks on me. I’ve known Jay since I was a child solely because of the fact that he’s my neighbour. Unfortunately, his dad and my dad both work at the same firm.

The class burst out laughing. I dug myself into my chair slowly, adjusting my hood to cover majority of my face.

“Okay, class. Quiet down.” the teacher pleaded.

The class slowly diverted their focus back to the teacher, and as the most unluckiest girl in this world…I became the centre of attention once again.

“Alisa, I asked you a question. Please answer my question.” the teacher instructed me, this time politely.

I gulped. My body began heating up. The hair on my body stood up straight as my ‘Fight or Flight’ mode activated. My palms became sweaty and my vision blurred slightly.

Alisa! Come on! Just answer the question. It can’t be that difficult. Alisa you have to answer the question. Perhaps this way, you can make a platform for yourself. You can do this, Alisa.

My thoughts were all over the place. I couldn’t comprehend what to do.

That’s when I realised…I didn’t fit in.

“I don’t know.” I spoke, feeling destroyed and weak.

The teacher stood at the front of the class quietly, staring at me with disappointment in his golden-brown eyes. He walked towards the whiteboard, grabbed the eraser and vigorously rubbed out ‘Beauty’. He turned towards us and stood silently, but he wasn’t silent. It was as if his silence had words.

Listen to silence, it has a lot to say.

“It’s sad…” He began.

“It’s heart-quenching to see a world where we allocate people into two words — ‘beautiful’ and ugly’.” He continued.

“Beauty is undefinable. It is a concept created by man to feel all-powerful. Beauty cannot be categorised into separate sections which are ranked differently.” He spoke, his voice slightly increasing by every word.

“You’re all beautiful, with scars. You’re all beautiful, with heterochromia. You’re all beautiful, with varying heights. You’re all beautiful, with varying hair colour…” He took a pause.

“From hip dips to chubby cheeks, from short hair to long hair, from huge biceps to skinny arms…YOU ARE ALL BEAUTIFUL.” He was practically shouting this time.

The class was silent, amazed at the shouting capabilities of their teacher. The teacher let out a sigh of relief, simultaneously the bell rang.
Thoughts Through the Lenses of a 15 y/o
Tags: Teenagers, My Thoughts, Schools

12/18

School fucking blows. It absolutely fucking blows. That was a really bad start to my journal of sorts. Let me introduce myself, I am 15 years old and here are my pure, unfiltered thoughts. I always wanted a platform to write out my ideas and thoughts so I could have a virtual journal of sorts to reflect on my past ideas. I don’t want to appear as another angsty teenager, maybe I am one, but I do feel like my ideas are worthwhile and interesting for myself to read through. But back to whatever I said before, school is such a drag, I feel absolutely bad for the people who wake up at 8 to work a 9–5 in a cubicle because in comparison, I do far easier shit compared to those people and I am ready to rip out my hairs over Spanish 2. I just want to listen to music and frolic in a field eating berries, not listen to some old klutz project their power insecurities onto some teenagers. The idea of dreams are so wild, you just be laying on your pillow and then the next minute you are smoking a j with your mom on an island talking about god knows what. People who lucid dream really have it better than everyone else to be honest, like the idea of being able to control the shit that happens in your dream is insane, but think about it, rich people are literally perpetually lucid dreaming. They fucking wake up and hang out with the Kardashians for a little bit and then fly on a private jet and do some wild shit I could only dream of doing. Isn’t it crazy how every color exists, like you cannot invent new colors because they already exist but so many people are convinced you can create new colors, they are just misguided in life because you can only invent new names for colors. I don’t even know what the fuck I’m writing anymore it’s 12 in the morning and I have finals over zoom tomorrow. Hopefully some pretentious old dude thinks I am the face of what teenagers like and hire me for a good salary so I can drop the fuck out of high school. thanks
I wanna be a teen forever..
Tags: Teenagers, Thoughts, Poetry, Life

I wanna be a teen forever..

Living life, going out, the thrill of doing something you’re not supposed too,

skipping curfew,

biking with your friends on a Friday night, staying up late,

not worrying about what will happen tomorrow,

falling asleep on someone’s shoulder, partying on Saturday’s.

I want an endless summer.

I want this summer to play on repeat.

I don’t want things to change. I don’t want to slowly fall apart with friends I thought I’d have forever.

I don’t want to be an adult. But I can’t avoid it. It feels like a death sentence. A very slow death sentence that yet feels so close.

Let me be a teen forever.

Angele.
The Start Of My Journey
Tags: Teenagers, Covid, Sad, Love Life, Fantasy

The Start Of My Journey

Hey! This is my first draft, but I really wanted to come on here and talk about my life. Today was a pretty gloomy day. I woke up at around 7am; even though I had time to go back to sleep, l stayed up. As I’m stirring in my bed: I start fantasize about my love life. Imagine, if I had a boyfriend, someone who I could talk/laugh with. Someone I could share my most embarrassing secrets with, because I’m comfortable around them. Then I come to the conclusion, that after pondering upon my commitment and trust issues that it’ll never happen. After an hour fantasizing, I have to join my 1st hour class (the one I dread the most). Joining this class, is like running 10miles. SUPER DRAINING! Spending the next hour listening to my teacher read Macbeth; I think about what my life would be like if I left everything behind. What if I just ran away? Nobody would even find me. I’d be able to do whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. Living in such a contained home with little freedom and a force to be exceptionally perfect, can take a toll on you. My teacher soon finished reading act 3 of Macbeth and tells us to finish act 4 tomorrow. I was quite excited that didn’t have to join my live lesson tomorrow, but even more excited about more sleep. The day started to drag on rrreeeaaalllyyy slowly: I wanted to rip my hairs out, but at least I could look forward to my driving lesson. It’s been weeks since I’ve left the house, but now I can finally leave! I can finally see the streets again, and the bony trees ready for winters, and heavy snows. Soon the clock strikes 3pm, and I’m sitting in the driver teacher’s car. She and I drive all around downtown; as I weave through the many buildings and horrible drivers, it clicks! I need to change. I need to try something new! Do something new! I have to try….

Sincerely, a teen effected by Covid.

(P.S. I’m going to write as many of these as I can so whoever want to read please do🙃)
回答5個常見的脊椎側彎相關問題
By: 杜婉瑜 Diane
Tags: Teenagers, Scoliosis, Physiotherapy, Posture Correction, Exercise

in In Fitness And In Health
A Girl Deposits Wishes
Tags: Teenagers, Poetry, Poem, Black Girl Nerds, Thoughts

A Poem

via Clay Banks on Unsplash

I wish I had a mind

that could hold my triumphs for longer

than mere moments

That could slow down

To collect the sweetness

From my greatness

Perhaps then I would believe in it

I wish I had a heart

Light as the one I carried in childhood

When I thought destiny ran on the wind

When I looked into the black of night

And imagined myself seer of the world

I wish my desires

Would shake themselves out

Iron themselves smooth

So I could run my hands over them

And finally know my own heart

I wish my words

could transcend themselves

Could float beyond me

And in the patterns of their flight

I would know my own purpose

I wish I could gather

The scattered skills and trades I’ve learned

And forge them into a plan

I wish I had a map to change the world

And in possessing it

Would know my own history

I pray these interminable coins find their well

That the wand waves true

And in the meantime I scrounge

Like the alchemist

For the stuff to make myself a quicker poet
Being a person who has tried many outlets to release the craze in my head and never finding…
By: Depressed Teen
Tags: Teenagers, Mental Illness, Daybyday, Ginger, Depressed

Being a person who has tried many outlets to release the craze in my head and never finding something that works makes you feel, well, alone. However knowing that oh so many people out there are dealing with the same thing makes you also feel, alone if that makes any sense. Of course we all say “..knowing you are the same makes me not feel alone.” wether that being in school when you don’t do the homework and someone else admits to forgetting it too, or just flat out mentally. But, in reality do we ever truly mean it? I mean of course we do right? We all go through tough shit and sometimes that shit is the same but, never the exact same. I’ve never been one to talk about myself, hence why i’m not in therapy. But maybe talking about myself on my terms will make me relate to, well, me. Here I am to share day by day about how, what some would say a perfect life, is not all that perfect, for some strange reason. I’m just 17, mentally and spiritually fucked, living in a religious area where god is the only way to fix the mentally ill, but not believing in the big man up there. Now that might not sound all bad but, try being a ginger (aka a spawn of satan) on top of that. What a life of peace.
What made you angry today?
By: Mitul Dey
Tags: Teenagers, Roads, Politics, Teenage Girl, Report

See the above picture.

Do you know her??

If NO!! Let me explain.

She is Suhani Bisht, 15- years old girl from Uttarakhand.

On 15th October 2020, Suhani Bisht, watched a newly laid road(Dewarkhadora) crumble within hours of being built.

When complaints bore no results, she shot a video on 16th October and posted it on social media(Facebook). The video went viral the same day and the authorities redid the repair work there a few hours later.

But…

It brought no change in the condition.

Then she shot another video and posted it again on social media. The video led to fresh repairs and this time the quality of material used was better than before.

Bisht is an aspiring journalist. She says to do more reporting to help fix other roads in the area.

Now...

You will rarely find any article or videos on this brave incident, which clearly proves the focus of journalists is more on biasing politically or selling fake news rather than the real people’s problems.

The real meaning of journalism or news is fading away, from being publics to being fake, which is what makes me angry.

Source: https://youtu.be/D0rTG7Rs0KA
Making money as a teen
Tags: Businessforteens, Money, Business Development, Teenagers

Making money as a teen

I think a lot of young people like myself, get money wrong. We are used to getting it on Christmas or our birthdays, so when we inevitably start making money on our own, we get inpatient.

I was told that if I fail in school, that I’ll have to become a fast food worker. So, why is it, that I wish that was where I am. But for now I’m “too young, too immature, and have no need for money.”

I myself have tried various types of passive income. From selling businesses on fiverr, and making a niece account on instagram, to going out and trying a dog walking business. I’ve learned that it is quite difficult to find a business you are motivated enough to do, and you enjoy. Of course it becomes easier once you are old enough to get an actual job. Flipping burgers sounds real nice right about now.

Us teens, when we first start working, assume that we can just do nothing and the money will come pouring in. As soon as we start to learn how making money as a teen really is, we realize that we want to be a fast food worker. We’re not all lazy, if most of us had the chance right now to go get an actual job, we would.
Vince Vaughn Is a Shy Teenage Girl. He’s also a Serial Killer.
By: Akos Peterbencze
Tags: Teenagers, Comedy, Humor, Movies, Horror

FILM I COMEDY

Vince Vaughn Is a Shy Teenage Girl. He’s also a Serial Killer.

‘Freaky Friday’ plus a bucket of blood. That’s ‘Freaky’ for you.

Photo: Universal Pictures

Have you always wanted to see Vince Vaughn play an awkward and cute high school chick? Well, you’re going to. Christopher Landon’s new body swap horror-comedy doesn’t offer much, but fun and gore are among the few treats.

Landon delivered the surprisingly bonkers and charming Happy Death Day three years ago. He mixed up Groundhog Day by adding some college-humor, a serial killer, and a hot blondie to it. The result? It was like stuffing down a large bowl of ice-cream in your throat at once; first, brain-freeze shock, and then a delicious euphoria. His latest attempt, Freaky, isn’t that tasty, but you won’t spit it out with disgust. The reason? Vince Vaughn.

He plays a serial killer named The Blissfield Butcher who wears a cheap edition Jason-hockey-mask and likes to hunt, kill, and gut pretentious teenagers. On his last killing spree, he steals an ancient dagger — La Dola — that has supernatural power. He finds out about that after stabbing his next victim Millie Kessler (Kathryn Newton), a bullied high school student. The following morning they find themselves in a Freaky Friday situation; they switched bodies.

Did you just roll your eyes hearing this unique and complex plot? At first, I did too. But, that was before I saw Vince Vaughn perform a school mascot’s dance routine in a high school kitchen. I wonder if he had a mid-life crisis, a meltdown, or a panic attack after that scene. The way I imagine it, it’s like working with Paul Feig right after you’ve done a masterpiece with Martin Scorsese.

The thing is, Vaughn doesn’t care. He made a career out of acting stupid, dumb, imbecile characters in silly movies. He isn’t planning on getting an Oscar any time soon. And he nails this role, too. He’s capable of delivering a psycho just as much as he can pull off an introverted chick in an aging man’s body.

Freaky is a teen film. It’s Freaky Friday, 13 Going on 30, The Change-Up plus a bucket of blood. There isn’t a moment when Landon and Vaughn forget about that or their target audience.

Of course, like every body-swap movie, Freaky gets tired of its basic story half-way through and starts running out of jokes, kills, and twists. But, I got to appreciate that it tries until the last moment. There are cheesy romantic confessions, typical high school tropes, and one-liners that misfire, but overall it’s adorable entertainment. It fits into the new generation of horror comedies even if it doesn’t stand a chance to become anything memorable.

And maybe you won’t remember much of the plot, but you will certainly recall that you had a fun time watching it. Sometimes that’s all we need.
The Aggregate demand: Doom Loop
By: Shaurya Walia
Tags: Teenagers, Macroeconomics, Pandemic, Economics, Coronavirus

“When there is a hill to climb, waiting will not make it smaller.”

During this pandemic, the global unemployment rate has risen from 4.8% to 7.3%. The aggregate GDP of most of the countries have shrank. People are starving, their savings are getting exhausted and all of these scenarios are leading towards a Aggregate demand doom loop.

Putting it bluntly, a aggregate demand doom loop is the immediate falling of aggregate demand in a economy.

What is aggregate demand?

Aggregate demand is the total demand of goods and services in a specific economy.

On the onset of the pandemic nearly 140,104 were marked temporarily closed. By august this figure reached to 65,769.

Should we see this as a positive trend?

Well not really, because this figure did not drop because the organizations started to give out online services. The reason why this figure dropped was because businesses started to permanently shut down. They could not manage their day to day expenses seeing that there was no business taking place.

Why was there no business taking place?

Behavioral Economics tells us that when in a natural disaster such as a pandemic people in a specific economy have a tendency to save rather than spend. Thus, the overall expenditure on goods and services decreases. The 2 sector model of an economy reflects the relationship between the people of a specific economy and the businesses operating there.

As shown if the overall expenditure on goods and services decreases then the businesses cannot make a profit as there products are not being sold. If their products don’t get sold then a business cannot accommodate the salaries of its employees, thus leading to a rise in unemployment. When there is a rise unemployment people are living without any income and thus the aggregate demand of goods and services further decline. This also affects the Long Run Aggregate Supply of a economy. This cycle is like a black hole. The more time the government takes, the harder it will be for the economy to recover.

When researching on this agenda many people suggested that the government should provide loans to businesses so that can facilitate the day to day activities of their organization. Although, this action would do nothing but contribute towards the global debt crisis as written in the previous blog. This can be a temporary solution towards the aggregate demands doom loop but not a long lasting one.

References:
Coming of Age By Coming in an Old T-Shirt
By: Hogan Torah
Tags: Teenagers, This Happened To Me, Adolescence, Masturbation, Sex

I had called an 800 number to get a free tape about the Bowflex nautilus machine around the same time. I took the label of the tape and put it on my new found favorite thing in the world. I left it in plain site with all the other tapes but I’d always forget and leave it in the VCR.

Somehow my mom never pressed play. One day she said, “You sure do watch that Bowflex tape a lot. You have a job. Why don’t you just buy yourself that machine?”

I didn’t buy it but guess what I got for Hanukkah that year?

I remember showing the porno tape to my two best friends. They were dead silent for 5 minutes when Steve Song finally said, “So that’s what it looks like…” with a furrowed brow pointing at the television screen like Pavlov pointed at his dog.

A few months later right before I turned 13 I began waking up with this feeling I couldn’t describe. I needed to fuck something. But what and how?

The family dog was unreceptive. The cat even less so. I remember sticking my dong in this coin bank I had. I think the nickel stack was the best fit but it wasn’t doing it. Tried fucking a pillow, no dice.

After trying towels, handkerchiefs, and cardboard from a roll of paper towels stuffed with tissue I was getting frustrated. I knew I was on the right track when I rubbed my old baby blanket against my dong. It felt good, but I still had this weird feeling in my balls.

After a few days spent practicing I had gotten better. I was confident I was close to a breakthrough.

One morning as I woke up with my usual 3″ towel rack busting out of the fly of my pajamas. I grabbed my old binky and started abusing myself. It was feeling really good. I changed up my grip picked up the pace and….

HOLY SHIT! YAHTZEE! NNNNNNGGG! The blanket wasn’t covering the tip and I shot about a half a CC of jizz 7 feet up the wall. My boner subsided and my need to strangle something dissipated.

“That was awesome!” I thought to myself. I tried to do it again but learned that there was a cooling off period.

After a few months, my baby binky was full of dried jizz and smelled awful so I tossed it. I refined my method to use an old shirt until the time I started getting laid on the reg.

Since the advent of streaming porn I can do it with just my hand though having a tissue near by reduces clean up time. Internet porn has also made me more proficient with my left hand than my right so I can work the mouse.

I am bountiful in the pre-cum department so I’m self lubing.. Fucking is the bees knees, but I still like rubbing one out every then and again.

Women come and go, but Palmela and Fistina have always been there for me.
Five Best Birthday Gift Options for A Teen Boy
Tags: Teens, Teenagers, Birthday Gift Ideas, Unique Gift Ideas For Men, Gifts For Boyfriend

Teenagers’ minds are pretty difficult to read, and when it comes to buying the right kind of gifts for their birthdays, it can be more confusing. You can have several different ideas in your mind, but what would make your younger brother, nephew, son, or grandson smile — that idea can call for a bit of an extra effort. You have to think of something that is both fun and functional and that they utterly need.

But, you don’t have to let it stress you over. Just pay attention to his overall personality and things he generally talks about; you will get a hint or two. If you are short of time in hand, then this list of amazing gift ideas might help you match your teen’s boy taste and make him feel special on his birthday –

1. LED Gaming Monitor

If your dear boy is a fanatic for games, then there is nothing as worthy as a LED gaming screen for his bedroom. You can even go for curved monitor screens if your budget allows - it will enhance his visual experience while playing his favorite games with friends. You can hunt for one in Samsung, LG, and Asus as they have some groundbreaking models in this range.

2. Wireless Headphones

There is no better gift than a good pair of headphones for a music lover. If you feel your teenage kid is one, then splurge on it for him. There are so many types of headphones available, and the latest one is wireless, noise-cancellation headphones that can give your boys a close experience of beats. Some of the best brands you can unhesitantly rely on for this purchase are Sony, Bose, Beats, and JBL.

3. Bluetooth Speakers

Bluetooth speakers are favorites of teen boys, and if waterproof, it is even more exciting. High volume music is what the teenager phase is quite a lot about, and when teamed with a good speaker, it suddenly makes more sense. So, if your kid has been raving a lot about the speaker his classmate has lately bought and hoping to get one too, gift him one on his day.

4. Guitar

If your son aspires to be a guitar player and you want to support him, what better gesture is than gifting a professional guitar on his birthday! That way, you help him in honing his skills and get a way to soothe his soul. Some of the best guitars for beginners you can find in the market belong to brands like Yamaha, Fender, Epiphone, and Martin.

5. Personalized Skateboard

It would be so cool to gift a custom skateboard to your beloved boy. It would be easy and fun to go around the streets with it, and there would be some fantastic health benefits too. He will learn coordination, precision, reflexes, and patience. And, also drop his teenage frustration. So, go ahead and choose an appropriate size. Give it a personal touch with doodles, graffiti, name decals, and more.
the beginning of birti’s journey
Tags: Teenagers, Fun, High School, Food, Friendship

Hi guys! I am Birti Gandhi, a 17 year old girl from long island. I am a senior in high school who is just overwhelmed with applying to college and being in a global pandemic. Small things make me happy such as cooking, spending time with people I love and going on little adventures. I’m starting this blog because I want to share my life and in a way document it. Also I feel like so many of us go through similar things and feel like we have nobody to share it with. So in other words I hope I can be that person in some peoples lives.

My mom, dad and sister are my travel buddies. I have been blessed and fortunate enough to have traveled to over 15 countries. I hope to continue traveling all my life because I have genuinely learnt more by traveling than I ever have sitting down in a classroom.

My best friends and I love to go on late night adventures. We get food, go to the beach and meet new people. Sometimes we drive down the highway, blasting music, just free our souls. Other times we cuddle up and watch movies to make us feel something other than school, work and the serious stuff. They have got me through my darkest time and I couldn’t ask for better, more real best friends.

Cooking is something that allows me to bond with many people in my life such as my mom, dad and grandma but has also allowed me to entertain larger groups. I have hosted family dinners where all my cousins will come over and I’ll make apps and dinner, we just sit together, catch up, and talk about where we are in life right now. Cooking and food in general is one way that allows me to connect with people and start or maintain my relationship with them.

I’m gonna end today’s blog with a little summary about how my life is going. I finished submitting all my college applications and this week received three acceptance letters from NYIT, St. John’s University and Pace University. I still am drowning in work including talking to admissions counselors, having loads of college meetings and tours, obviously virtual. I can use the excuse that I’ve had very little time to take care of myself but the reality is I just haven’t focused on myself. I haven’t been eating well or working out. I have so much motivation when it comes to school work or even this blog but have very little motivation to get up and go on a run. There is a part of me that misses going to the gym with my friends pre-corona which never felt like a workout it was always fun and adventurous. But I am allowing myself this time to focus on the things that really matter like my mental health instead of this constant battle with myself to lose weight and fit that norm body.

Today’s reminder: As long as you prioritize what is important to you and remember that your mind and you come first, you will be okay. Also we are in a global pandemic don’t be so hard on yourself.
Terry,
By: Bassey Elimian
Tags: Teenagers, Self Improvement, Relationships, Life Lessons, Self

…ong life so far, but being in a rock and roll band as a teenager ranks right up there near the top. It was a lot of fun, and I made a bit of money, to boot.
The Boy I Didn’t Love Back
By: Glenna Gill
Tags: Teenagers, Relationships, Life Lessons, Love, Self

I already had a boyfriend then, the kind that was nice to me when he wanted to be. The rest of the time, he ignored my existence. I convinced myself I was in love with him when I was too young to be throwing around that word. He told me he loved me, too, then ditched me to hang out with other girls. My self-esteem was shot before I was sixteen, feeling like I wasn’t good enough for a boyfriend to love.

The thing was, I already knew where real love existed. It was in a spaghetti sandwich served hot from the oven with a napkin that held a tiny Hershey’s kiss. It was that boy who seemed sent from heaven just to love me, the one that I couldn’t love back. He bought me a ring with a peridot stone, which was my birthstone, and threatened to throw it in the ocean if I didn’t keep it. It wasn’t right. I already had a boyfriend, but I instantly loved the precious little ring in his hand.

There weren’t any lies between us, so he was aware that I was “taken,” but it didn’t seem to matter to him. He once told me it was enough for him to just love me, whether I returned it or not. Even at that tender age, I knew it wasn’t fair. Still, he made me feel beautiful inside and out and like the most special treasure on Earth. We kissed as I slipped the ring into my purse, another secret between the two of us. When my boyfriend found out, he made me throw it away in front of him, then left me for a night out with the “guys.”

On a night that still seems crystal-clear in my mind, I remember being awakened by hearing the police in the living room with my mother. I slipped on a robe and joined them, and I found out the boy had some kind of family argument and tried to take his own life. He’d swallowed a handful of drugs. I never found out what they were, but he was in the hospital having his stomach pumped. Apparently, he’d called out for me as they were putting him in the ambulance. He told them where I lived, and that was why the police were there.

My mother and I dressed quickly and headed over to the boy’s house. We had no idea whether the boy’s family knew about the suicide attempt or not. It was one of the only times my mother and I were totally in sync, and we whispered to each other as we got out of the car ready to face anything. His whole house was dark inside. My mom knocked on the front door, and a few minutes later his mother appeared in her pajamas with tousled bleach-blonde hair and a scowl on her face.

“I already know,” she huffed, shutting the door in our faces.

When I saw the boy in the hospital the next morning, he tried to make me laugh. Soon we were giggling like crazy as if neither of us had a care in the world. There he was, lying in a hospital bed with an IV attached to his arm, still trying to protect my feelings. He promised that taking the drugs had been in a heated moment, and he’d never do anything like that again. I believed him because the alternative seemed too horrible to consider.
The importance of driving safely
Tags: Teenagers, Drivers Education, Youngadult, Driving, Cars

Driving is a very important part of life. It is when you are given the freedom to get your own car keys and your own car and drive freely to wherever it is that your heart desires but the reality is that many young drivers underestimate the dangers that are faced with the responsibility of driving. There are so many casualties that happen due to careless mistakes when driving. Have you ever heard the saying Don`t text and drive? That saying is there for a purpose to avoid major accidents from happening as careless young drivers are more prone to making these mistakes. It is really important that everyone receives the proper driver`s education so they know all the dangers in the street and what they can do to prevent any accidents from happening when driving. The steps that can be taken to reduce the number of deaths during driving is not texting, eating, or drinking when driving and to always keep your number one focus on the street and on your surroundings around you when you are driving to ensure yours and everyone around you safety. I have first hand saw someone in my family drive irresponsibly by texting and not wearing their seatbelt while driving and it was a pretty scary experience to think of the possibility of us maybe getting into a deadly car accident due to irresponsible behavior during driving. I have recently just gotten my learner`s permit to drive and I know that what I am going to do to be a safter driver and help others be safter on the road is 1. To wear my seatbelt, 2. Never text and drive, 3. Never drink and drive, and 4. Keep my 100 percent focus on the street and my surrounds to avoid getting into a deadly and dangerous situation that driving carelessly can sometimes lead to. My goal is to make the world a better place with less people dying from car accidents and the dangers that come from driving and it should be your goal as well. Why not try to make a world a better place by doing something so simple as driving more carefully and watching out for dangers around you? Wouldn`t you want to be able to save thousands of lives with just this simple step? The good news today is that you can: You can start being more careful when you drive and that one step will not only be able for you to ensure your own safety but it will also help you ensure the safety of the whole society for many generations to come. To conclude, my challenge to you all is to start thinking on what can you do now to help reduce the number of car dangers while driving and what you can do to drive more safely. This small action will make a profound impact.
Dealing with Quarantine as a Teenage Girl
By: Graceanne Deladem
Tags: Teenagers, Quarantine, Teenage Girl, Depression, Quarantinelife

We have to stay at home right? Well now, what am I going to do? Scrolling through tik tok for endless hours, switching from Instagram to Snapchat to Twitter whoops time for school. Im sure you can relate, even if you're not a teenage girl. This pandemic has been hard on everyone and I know that for sure. You never realize how much you miss school when you cant go for your own health and safety. Youre actually adhering to the stay at home/social distancing orders. That's amazing! I was just a freshman last year so Im glad I got my freshman year at least and at this rate, if people don't take this pandemic seriously might not get a junior year at all. I was quite stoked to have a great sophomore year. I intended on creating a cool club and really participating in my school community! The track team was also something that was a great opportunity for me. While I hate to complain I will say, as I did before this quarantine is hard. Not so much the staying at home, I was already doing that before this started. I’d say the isolation and the lack of fulfilling your ambitions for this 2020 school year.

How do I deal with it? I try to stay positive and ration my time efficiently. I know that's pretty hard how tempting is it to open your tik tok “for you” page which is seemingly tailored to your personality. How did they know you played volleyball or watch anime?! You start on one video and end up scrolling and you look up at the look and it's 4 pm. “No way…I swear it’s only been 10 mins…” I can't lie neither will I lie, it's pretty hard to stay on track when you’ve got about I don't know 1 million relatable videos to get to. If you decide that you are going to spend 1 hour on whatever task you have with the 14 hours approximately that you're awake you can squeeze in about 14 things to do in one day! Granted you still have to go to school for about 4 hours depending on where you go to school.

Positive thinking is also important there are so many horrible things going on but Im sure there is happiness after every dark spot. I’ve heard of teens getting depression from lack of possibly social life or even from family death which is horrible :( To all those people who are feeling depressed even just a little bit. Keep fighting and keep going it will get better :)!

Anyways that's it for today~ Have a great day!

(this art is not mine and all credit goes to the artist :p
Thoughts About LIFE.
By: Samir Bogati
Tags: Journey, Life

Well I Don’t think that I can describe about life in any way possible. I am just sharing my thoughts about life (from my point of view of course :P ). I am just a College Kid from the country of Himalayas (Nepal) writing / sharing my thoughts inspired by Some Foreign Writers.

Life according to me is a journey. We take every step in a unique way. This journey might be very hard , bumpy and even take you down by great storms but it really doesn’t matter, What matter the most is how many times you stand up to Continue. Life is a Game and the only rule is that there is no mistakes but only lessons to be learned. Life is a Beautiful struggle. Life is a journey with so many options; A world to Discover, Dreams to change , Goals to Achieve and many more. There may be many restrictions in your life that makes you want to Quit but the best option is to stand still and keep Fighting. Live your life to the Fullest.