Love this article! I’m in the same situation. Four years of back and forth, two of those we didn’t speak.. Now we are serious,I’m talking engaged serious, and I couldn’t be happier! Sometimes things just take time.
I’m so thankful that you wrote this. I myself suffer from major depressive disorder and anxiety while at the same time take care of patients like your sister. I’ve lost my best friend and cousin to long term mental illness that resulted in suicide. Mental health is such a taboo that no one wants to talk about it. More of us need to spread the word about it and stand up to the stigma.
Thank you so much for writing this! I have been fighting my battle with Major Depressive Disorder for 8 years and it’s so hard.. I recently lost my two cousins to suicide, one of them happened to be my best friend. That def threw me into a deep dark place. Now I’m a mental health nurse and I hope to be able to spread awareness about mental illnesses and end the stigma. I was in a sorority and I thought that by having the sisterhood that it would help me but they were all catty and had no intentions of being there for me so I dropped before initiation. I makes me so happy to had seen this article because it is a topic that no one wants to talk about; maybe someone reading this will realize there is hope!
Two years ago, my freshman year, I went through recruitment and I guess you could say my room mate and I were “dirty rushed”. We talking to one particular sorority all summer and when we got on campus we were instantly welcomed and showered with Taco Bell and vodka. We went to all the parties with this sorority and I even started dating a guy in their brother fraternity. When it was rush week we went through with the mindset that we were only interested in this one sorority which happened to be the top tier on campus. We both got our bids and became pledges but something in me didn’t feel right. All I heard about was how awful and weird the bottom tier was and when I met them their philanthropy touched my heart and they were so real. Sure they were kinda odd and didn’t have the prettiest girls but they had a real sisterhood. I did end up dropping (before initiation if that tells you how quickly I knew I had made the wrong decision) but it was like the moment recruitment week was over the girls showed their real side. I wanted a sisterhood with girls who had my back and this was the furthest thing from it. Looking back I should’ve given that other sorority a chance, they didn’t care about appearances, they wanted something real.
Even though a lot of articles posted here have personal opinions throughout, I believe this is beyond that. I see nothing wrong with the divorce selfie and if they couple (ex couple) are happy then why not let them show it?
Love this article! I’m in the same situation. Four years of back and forth, two of those we didn’t speak.. Now we are serious,I’m talking engaged serious, and I couldn’t be happier! Sometimes things just take time.
Currently sobbing…
Raise your hand if you have ever been personally victimized by Time Magazine.
I’m so thankful that you wrote this. I myself suffer from major depressive disorder and anxiety while at the same time take care of patients like your sister. I’ve lost my best friend and cousin to long term mental illness that resulted in suicide. Mental health is such a taboo that no one wants to talk about it. More of us need to spread the word about it and stand up to the stigma.
This hits so close to home. Thank you for writing this! It was like every thought I have had for the past year and a half was put into this.
SLAM!
Thank you so much for writing this! I have been fighting my battle with Major Depressive Disorder for 8 years and it’s so hard.. I recently lost my two cousins to suicide, one of them happened to be my best friend. That def threw me into a deep dark place. Now I’m a mental health nurse and I hope to be able to spread awareness about mental illnesses and end the stigma. I was in a sorority and I thought that by having the sisterhood that it would help me but they were all catty and had no intentions of being there for me so I dropped before initiation. I makes me so happy to had seen this article because it is a topic that no one wants to talk about; maybe someone reading this will realize there is hope!
Two years ago, my freshman year, I went through recruitment and I guess you could say my room mate and I were “dirty rushed”. We talking to one particular sorority all summer and when we got on campus we were instantly welcomed and showered with Taco Bell and vodka. We went to all the parties with this sorority and I even started dating a guy in their brother fraternity. When it was rush week we went through with the mindset that we were only interested in this one sorority which happened to be the top tier on campus. We both got our bids and became pledges but something in me didn’t feel right. All I heard about was how awful and weird the bottom tier was and when I met them their philanthropy touched my heart and they were so real. Sure they were kinda odd and didn’t have the prettiest girls but they had a real sisterhood. I did end up dropping (before initiation if that tells you how quickly I knew I had made the wrong decision) but it was like the moment recruitment week was over the girls showed their real side. I wanted a sisterhood with girls who had my back and this was the furthest thing from it. Looking back I should’ve given that other sorority a chance, they didn’t care about appearances, they wanted something real.
Even though a lot of articles posted here have personal opinions throughout, I believe this is beyond that. I see nothing wrong with the divorce selfie and if they couple (ex couple) are happy then why not let them show it?