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I've been volunteering at a BSL (British Sign Language) class while I've been at home, that's been nice, and I've had a few laughs there. I don't even think being deaf has very much to do with it, it makes things difficult, but I'm very shy and I get so nervous. I've had boyfriends, but it has never...

I'm glad to hear someone can relate, at least =) Perhaps it is something I will accept over time, as you have. I'm twenty years old, I just feel like I should be out... being young, and I just can't seem to do it. As for the deaf community, there is a group close to where I live, while I can communi...

I am in that arduous and egotistical process of attempting to better myself. To that end, I have done the fashionable thing: I am seeing a therapist. In my own subjective view, I am riddled with flaws, things I would embrace in others but cannot seem to forgive in myself. With the purpose of self-im...