Isabel Lichtman

I laughed softly, then stopped. Clearly he was taking this very seriously. “The last time I heard ‘triple threat’ was at basketball practice in seventh grade.”

I want people to know that we gays, though small in number, are here, and we want you. Let’s slowly work to overthrow the straight people’s dominance of Greek life — from the inside.

What if I was simply repulsed by men, not attracted to women? What if I couldn’t experience my “true” sexual attraction to men because of my association with discomfort?

Though addicts make the choice to try a substance the first time, even this choice may be strongly influenced by external factors.

I feared for my sister’s experience at a school so appalled by trans people that they weren’t allowed to show themselves to students or speak about their experiences because of some fear of it spreading or denial that they even exist.

My brain is drowning in the thoughts. With each second, their volume increases, leaving my brain less and less room to breathe — a process that continues until my input is entirely lost.

I am currently working with both a psychiatrist and a psychologist to get through this problem, and it distresses me as much as it distresses you that I am unable to motivate myself or put the same care and effort into my studies that I have for my entire life.

By walking into a mental hospital, I essentially signed away my sanity in the face of the law.

I have experienced anxiety my whole life, as rolling waves of tension that sometimes do not relent.

As long as I am high, my thoughts are constrained from racing and my mood is elevated.