Holly Riordan
Holly is the author of Severe(d): A Creepy Poetry Collection.
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When You Date Someone Who Doesn’t Know How To Handle Your Anxiety
When you date someone who doesn't know how to handle your anxiety, it makes you feel unlovable. It makes you feel like something is wrong with you. It makes you feel like you're not worth the effort.
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You’re Going To Regret Staying In Your Comfort Zone
You can't allow fear to stop you from living your life. No matter what path you choose, there are always going to be things that could go wrong. Even if you end up taking the safest route, there are no guarantees.
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When You’re In A Dark Place, You Accidentally Hurt The People You Love The Most
You expose them to the worst sides of yourself because you feel like you can be real around them. You feel like you can trust them. You feel like they aren't going to abandon you, just because you happen to be in a bad place right now.
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When You Love Someone, You Don’t Take Your Frustrations Out On Them
Your person isn't supposed to save you. They're supposed to support you.
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When You Love Someone, You Would Never Abandon Them
When you love someone, you don't accuse them of being overdramatic or oversensitive. You don't act like they're making a big deal out of nothing. You don't discredit their feelings, their fears, their struggles.
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A Reminder Everything Is Going To Be Okay, Based On Your Zodiac Sign
ARIES: The way you feel right now isn't the way you're going to feel forever.
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When You End A Relationship On Bad Terms
When you end a relationship on bad terms, you have to accept you're never going to get any closure.
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When You Get Ghosted, It’s Hard To Let Go
Just yesterday, you were daydreaming about creating a future alongside this person. Just yesterday, you were talking and laughing together. Just yesterday, everything felt fine.
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7 Things People Don’t Realize You’re Doing Because You Have A Skin Picking Disorder
You fidget with your hands constantly.
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6 Reasons It’s So Hard To Get Over An Almost Relationship
It’s hard to get over someone when you aren’t sure why they walked away. It’s even harder to get over someone when you aren’t sure how they felt about you in the first place.
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6 Reasons We Chase People Who Don’t Want To Be Caught
We have a hard time accepting our feelings are one-sided. We assume the other person must feel the same way about us, so we make up excuses about why they haven’t asked us out yet.
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Screw These 8 Excuses For Staying In A Toxic Relationship
"I can't leave because we have too much history."
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7 Insanely Stupid Things Girls Do When They’re FWBs But Secretly Want More
You don’t want to cross any boundaries and scare him off, so you’re careful about how much you text him. You’re careful about how emotional you get in front of him. You’re careful about how many compliments you give him.
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9 Things That Happen When You Don’t Leave The House For Days At A Time
You start wondering whether your friends even care about you since they haven't realized you've been isolating yourself, they haven't realized you've gone MIA, they haven't realized anything is wrong.
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Sometimes, You’re The One Who Needs To Change
This doesn't mean you should start hating yourself for everything you've done wrong. It doesn't mean you should mope about what a screwup you are either.
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Your Fear Of Commitment Won’t Magically Go Away When You Find The Right Person
Just because you're afraid of reaching the next milestone doesn't mean you're with the wrong person.
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When You Find Your Forever Person Before You’re Ready To Settle Down
You don't want to jump into a relationship you're not ready for and end up hurting the other person. But you don't want to run away on a whim and end up hurting yourself either.
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Read This Before You Text Back The Boy Who Already Broke Your Heart
Before you text him back, decide whether you really want to reopen old wounds. Decide whether you really want to risk getting your heart broken by him again.