“We're all awful in our own special ways.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Life Sucks, Bad People, Uniqueness, imperfect
“I'm trying to quit getting high on people.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Obsession, BPD, Afraid To Love
“If people never become real, it's harder for them to disappoint you. That's why the internet is good for sad people. You can be with people without having to be with people.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Social Anxiety, Internet Addict, Social Media, Loner, I Hate People
“My fear among people is that I will be judged for revealing what is going on inside me. I fear others will discover that I am not only imperfect; I'm not even okay. I fear that I truly am not okay.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Social Anxiety, BPD, Mental Illness, Depression
“Like, what if you found out I am really not okay? What if you knew that I am suffering a lot right now and really scared? Would you flee? I don't want to find out.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Social Anxiety, BPD, Mental Illness, Depression
“I would rather be on the Internet engaging with half-imaginary people in a fake way than in real life engaging with real people in a real way.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Social Anxiety, Attention, Validation, Internet Addict, Social Media
“I fear others will discover that I am not only imperfect; I’m not even okay. I fear that I truly am not okay. But most people who meet me never know that I am struggling. On the outside I am smiling. I am juggling all the balls of okayness: physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, existential. Undern…”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Social Anxiety, Mental Illness, Okayness, imperfect
“I am a puppy for attention from imaginary people. I am lonely among real human beings and would rather be on my phone than engage with reality.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Social Anxiety, Attention, Validation, Internet Addict, Social Media
“I don't really know how to do things half-measures.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Loving Too Much, Too Much, BPD
“I get nervous in undefined spaces and tend to sexualize things.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Social Anxiety, Nerves, awkward, Socially Awkward
“I feel that the gum creates a barrier to intimacy between me and other people. It's never just me and another person. It's me, another person, and the gum.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Social Anxiety
“Good morning! Everything is shit! Time to act impulsively. But first let's start by getting into imaginary fights with people from the past. Next let's catalog everything that's wrong with you and your life. Also, I want to remind you of everything you don't have—and everything you should be scared…”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Anxiety, Depression, BPD, Overthinker, I Hate Myself
“I tell myself I know nothing about love so I can recover. I am recovering from a fantasy that I projected on a young man's body. He provided music and language and fingers and a face that moaned into my pussy. I am never going to recover from being that alive.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Stuck on Love, Heartache, Unrequited Love, Break Up
“But he liked me. There was definitely something wrong with him.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Anxiety, Crush, I Hate Myself
“To receive compassion means I am weak. And I am terrified of being weak.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Weakness, vulnerability, Scared To Love, Defense Mechanisms
“Text me back: a love story”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Validation, Social Anxiety, Self-Worth
“I never liked myself: a love story”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Validation, Social Anxiety, Self-Worth, I Hate Myself
“Validation is my main bitch.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Validation, Social Anxiety, Self-Worth
“Death is fine, but dying itself - the inability to breathe, the final panic attack - is really scary.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Death, Dying, Anxiety
“There aren't that many ways to find comfort in this world. We must take it where we can get it, even in the darkest, most disgusting places.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Comfort, Life, Darkness, Acceptance
“Is it worth being so talented if you also have to suffer from a profound sensitivity that is intrinsically connected to your gifts?”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Artist, Creativity
“Is anything more bullshit, kale-eating, juice-fasting contemporary American than the notion of self-love? "Be gentle with yourself, you deserve it." Do I really?”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: I Hate Myself, BPD, Imposter Syndrome
“How much mental illness is "acceptable", and how much is going to be "too much"?”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Mental Illness, Stigma, Society
“When you have low self-esteem, to be embraced at your most vile is a marvel.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Growing Up Shy, I Hate Myself, Self-Esteem, Unconditional Love, Social Anxiety
“You are scared of containing multitudes. Why does it have to be all or nothing? Why are you just straight up good or straight up evil? What if you're a lovable douchebag? What if you are a heavenly asshole? What if you are a destructive beautiful person?”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: BPD, Identity, Complicated People, Deep
“it is very easy to tell me you love me when it is over and you are thousands of miles away... could you love me at your front door? i don't think you could.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Break Up, Heartbreak, Not Meant To Be Together, LDR, What If
“Even in my dreams, I knew we weren't right for each other.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Toxic Relationship, Not Meant To Be Together
“We were in a constant state of longing - almost touching.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Crush, Almost Lover, LDR, I Miss You