I used to be addicted to video games for probably almost 20 years. Turns out, I used it as an emotional escape in combination of my hyperfocus to block out anything negative in my early life (and there was a lot of it to run away from). Now that I'm a...
I couldn't admit it but I wanted to be the center of attention again. This yearning led me to use Instagram more. Every like I received made me happy because I felt like I was getting attention like I used to. I was a princess again. When the opposite happened, I didn't get the...
Turnell drew on the “stiff upper lip” attitude of the characters in Colditz and similar stories after he was detained while trying to settle his hotel bill in Naypyidaw, the modern capital of Myanmar. “I didn’t want to be that guy who breaks down and whimpers. I was the weakest li...