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January 24, 2018 by Cláudia
People who struggle with mental illness have to face many preconceived ideas but probably the most harmful is that having …
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Category: Mental Health
| Tags: anxiety, coexistence, depression, family, happiness, help, hurtful, mental illness, misconceptions, peace, recovery, stigma, therapy, thoughts
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December 24, 2017 by Cláudia
I really do not like Christmas… For this, I have personal as well as societal reasons. I do not want …
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Category: rant
| Tags: alienation, alone, consumerism, depression, despair, environment, family, holidays, homeless, homelessness, isolation, loneliness, loss, personal, waste
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December 14, 2016 by Cláudia
Not particularly Christmas day, more so the whole Christmas season. The lights, the songs, the whole spirit of solidarity, the …
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Category: thoughts
| Tags: animal rights, buying, caring, charity, consumerism, environment, fair trade, family, holiday, homelessness, humanity, poverty, shopping, solidarity
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October 1, 2016 by Cláudia
Happiness is hard to understand: sometimes something bad happens but you still feel happy and sometimes you’re unhappy with no …
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Category: happiness
| Tags: diet, family, friends, government, humanity, money, personality, phsychology, politics, priorities, search, self-esteem, social experiment, travelling
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October 21, 2015 by Cláudia
Thank you so much to Jo (Beauty and the Brains) for nominating me! I am probably getting WAY too excited …
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Category: about me, personal, Something Personal
| Tags: about me, alone, anxiety, better world, change, change the world, depression, dream, empathy, family, happy, insecurity, lonely, personal, sadness, vegan
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October 20, 2014 by Cláudia
So far, it appears I have ideas to write posts when I’m in British Council. Probably both because we discuss …
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Category: current issues, equality, gay rights, human rights, personal opinion
| Tags: adoption, arguments, beauty contests, British Council, bully, bullying, convencional, current, death penalty, debating, depression, equality, family, friends, gay, gay adoption, gay rights, gender, growing up, homossexuality, ideas, intolerance, issues, lesbian, lesbians, marijuana, marriage, of, opinion, point, prejudice, stereotypes, suicide, tolerance, unconvencional, value of life, values, view, zoos