50 Insanely Creepy Stories That Prove Your Phone Is Listening To Everything You Say

By Thought Catalog Updated January 12, 2024

48. This actually happened a few days ago. I was hanging out with some friends and one of them was talking to another about where they’re from. He mentioned that he grew up in El Paso, TX. I literally have never googled El Paso or looked it up to any degree on my phone or computer, at least not any time remotely recently. The next day on Instagram the suggestion for the location story was El Paso, even though usually the location story is based off of where you’re at and I was states away from Texas.

49. I was just slicing a lemon for my water and I got an email about what lemon water does to your body. This is getting out of hand FBI guy!

Trace the scars life has left you. It will remind you that at one point, you fought for something. You believed.

“You are the only person who gets to decide if you are happy or not—do not put your happiness into the hands of other people. Do not make it contingent on their acceptance of you or their feelings for you. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter if someone dislikes you or if someone doesn’t want to be with you. All that matters is that you are happy with the person you are becoming. All that matters is that you like yourself, that you are proud of what you are putting out into the world. You are in charge of your joy, of your worth. You get to be your own validation. Please don’t ever forget that.” — Bianca Sparacino

Excerpted from The Strength In Our Scars by Bianca Sparacino.