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My Patients Tell Me They've Had A Paranormal Experience. I Believe Them — I Had One Too.

"For years, I didn’t tell the story. I came up with what I thought was a rational explanation and buried it away."
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I Went To Columbine And Knew The Shooters. Here's What I Struggle With 25 Years Later.

"The shame of Columbine’s notoriety and the guilt of knowing killers meant that I hid my past. I stayed mostly silent about my experience for years."
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My Doctor Gave Me A Strange Exam. I Researched It Later — And What I Learned Left Me Disgusted.

"He entered the room. The nurse stood at a distance from the examination table, leaning against a countertop, like she didn’t want to be associated with him."
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I Was Madly In Love. Then My Partner Said The 6 Words I'd Been Dreading.

"I imagined them falling asleep and waking up next to someone else, calling someone else when they were hurting, and marrying someone else instead of me."
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A Drunk Driver Crashed Into Me. When I Woke Up, I Was A Completely Different Person.

"My daughter’s 'diagnosis' was by far the worst. She said her mom disappeared."
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I Thought I'd Given My Mom A Good Eulogy. Years Later, A Phone Call Made Me Question Everything.

“You make it sound worse than it was,” I replied, though as I said the words, I suddenly wasn’t so sure.
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I've Been Incarcerated For 22 Years — And I've Never Seen Prisons This Out Of Control

"Prison violence should concern everyone, because most incarcerated people reenter society."
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My Doctor Prescribed Me A Weight Loss Drug. Here's How It Ended Up In The Trash.

"I could keep chasing thinness. Keep tying my life to it. Or I could let the quest go. Just let it go."
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I Drove Cross-Country In Search Of Proof Of The Divine. I Found It In The Place I Least Expected.

"As I neared the end of my journey, I was still looking for that 'big' moment of revelation, when I hoped to see unmistakable evidence of the Divine."
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My Family Kept My Dad's Secret For Years. I Wasn't Prepared For What Telling The Truth Would Mean.

"I understood that not talking about the pain I was feeling would protect them. So we all learned to pretend."
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