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The sickness rolled through me in great waves. After each wave it would fade away and leave me limp as a wet leaf and…

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I would be sitting in my flat watching TV, and 'Doctor Who' would be on with my flatmate there. I would have loved to…

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As a kid, I'd go into the bathroom when I was having a tantrum. I'd be in the bathroom crying, studying myself in the…

— Adam Sandler

I'd been hurt, and in response I had acted violently, destroying a little of myself each time I did so.

— John Connolly

When I was little, I fell in the toilet and somebody had to come get me out. I was really embarrassed because I was…

— Nick Cannon

I felt like I couldn't fully be myself and accepted in my family, so I would lock myself in my room on a Saturday…

— Sean Hayes

I would hit a scene about my mother screaming at me during her breakdown, drunk or using pills, and she'd turn into a monster.…

— Leigh Newman

I was morbidly obese, 120 pounds overweight. It was just embarrassing. I'd be on stage feeling like I was about to collapse. I'd get…

— Paul Wall

Time and time again, as a boy, I was humiliated. I celebrated my first day in long pants by going to a dance where…

— Vash Young

I was so full of joy, the happiest kid. Things changed. I don't want to talk about it. I needed attention. I was pathologically…

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Then came nights when, lying awake beside my final wife, I would spend too much time putting my finger on what was wrong. I…

— Gary Lutz

What would you do? Would you jump? Would you feel pity for yourself? Would you think about your family and your childhood and your…

— Tim O'Brien