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It Happened to Me Contest Entry: I Miscarried My Ex-Boyfriend's Baby

IHTM CONTESTANT — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:00:00 -0400

He broke up with me the week before Christmas. I spent the next week holed up in bed, eating éclairs and watching Grey’s Anatomy. If I had been in a better state, I might have noticed I had missed my period.

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: My Mother Killed Herself Four Years Ago -- And Maybe She Did The Right Thing

IHTM CONTESTANT — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:00:00 -0400

She killed herself in 2008, but I think she would have done it a lot sooner, were it not for her unabashed love for me.

It Happened to Me Contest Entry: I’m A Real Housewife Of Beverly Hills

IHTM CONTESTANT — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:30:00 -0400

Technically I am “Real Unemployed Stay at Home Girlfriend of Beverly Hills” but whatever.

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: I Lost 98 Pounds And Fell In Love By Dating Escorts

IHTM CONTESTANT — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:00:00 -0500

Diet, Exercise and Gigolos --  8 different companions, 20 dates in 13 months  98 pounds/42.5 inches/12 dress sizes lost.

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: Once Upon A Time I Went to Jail… For 'Satan Worshipping'

IHTM CONTESTANT — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:00:00 -0500

Many incidents of kids and young adults arrested in Lebanon due to their dark dress and musical tastes pop up everywhere. It really is a crackdown on alternative lifestyles which is pretty archaic.

It Happened To me Contest Entry: My Father was Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s

IHTM CONTESTANT — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:30:00 -0500

My dad doesn’t always remember what I tell him, I often find myself repeating things, and yes, one day I may show up and he won’t remember my name.

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: My Best Friend Of 15 Years Came Out And It Shattered My World

IHTM CONTESTANT — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:00:00 -0500

I was also scared of what this meant for my worldview. The one structured around a religious dogma that assured me homosexuality was always wrong and gay people needed to be “cured.

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: I Was A Cough Syrup Addict

IHTM CONTESTANT — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:30:00 -0500

I discovered you could get high off cough syrup by accident. There was an article about these kids who had overdosed on it and ended up in hospital

It Happened To Me: I Was a Member of Pro-Ana Groups on the Internet

IHTM CONTESTANT — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:00:00 -0500

We gave each other tips: how to throw up, how to hide our weight from the doctor, how to not pass out, how to stay warm, how to kill the appetite.

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: I Went To Sandy Hook Elementary School

IHTM CONTESTANT — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:00:00 -0500

The name of my sleepy little hometown is now a synonym for impossible, unimaginable massacre.

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: I Just Hit Rock Bottom With Alcohol

IHTM CONTESTANT — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:00:00 -0500

I’m a human being that deals with mental illness in self-destructive ways, not a bunch of orifices for you to poke because you think my reckless treatment of my body somehow cancels out my autonomy over it.

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: Shaving My Head Helped Me Over Come Body Dysmorphic Disorder

IHTM CONTESTANT — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:30:00 -0500

Initially the wigs were a last resort for bad hair days, but over time I became dependent on them, it was like a sick addiction that I couldn’t shake.

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: My Mother Abused My Father

IHTM CONTESTANT — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:30:00 -0500

What makes the situation doubly painful is that some people refuse to even acknowledge that domestic abuse exists “the other way around.”

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: My Roommate And Her Boyfriend Were Victims In An Unsolved Murder

IHTM CONTESTANT — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:00:00 -0500

Sometimes I look for new articles or new developments in the case. I scroll through the comments to where people speculate that they were out in the woods, “doing what teenagers do.” As if they got what they deserved. My blood boils.

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: I Am Recovering From Compulsive Hair Pulling -- Here's How

IHTM CONTESTANT — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:00:00 -0500

It’s more than likely that you know someone who has a BFRB, and you can as an ally. If you see someone with bald spots or picked-over skin, react in kindness and not disgust.

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: I Got Fat Shamed By My Doctor And I Fucking Hated It (She Also Pinched My Vagina)

IHTM CONTESTANT — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:30:00 -0500

Oh, what’s that you say? My vagina is 100% healthy? Then please, do shut up about my weight.

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: I Avoided Getting Raped And Then Got Raped In The Same Night

IHTM CONTESTANT — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:00:00 -0500

I have compassion now for the brown-haired girl who spent that night going from frying pan to fire to bigger fire.

It Happened to Me: I Dropped out of High School, Then Became a High School Teacher

IHTM CONTESTANT — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:02:04 -0500

When I was 15, I dropped out of high school. That time is a blur of sadness, of prayers for change, for mercy from a God I thought was punishing me for something I did not understand.

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: Joblessness Crushed My Spirit

IHTM CONTESTANT — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:00:00 -0500

There was no amount of hard work or strategizing that could end my situation. I just had to go through it like millions of other people who were silently enduring being crushed by nothingness.

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: I Went off Antidepressants, But My Sex Drive Never Came Back

IHTM CONTESTANT — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:00:00 -0500

I’m left to wonder: Was sex just a phase for me, like reading Ayn Rand or doing Bikram yoga?