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I Was A GP Receptionist. Here’s The Truth About The Job

“You’re the face of a broken system, so you become a punching bag for frustrated patients."
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I Posed For A Nude Centrefold In My 20s. I Was Elated, Until My Co-workers Found Out.

"A centrefold was glamorous and important, two things I believed would somehow transform me."
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As A Top Breast Cancer Surgeon, I Thought I Understood The Disease – But Then I Got It

"Even though I’d said this to my own patients hundreds if not thousands of times, it was like I was hearing the words for the first time. What if any of them happened to me?"
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My Teacher Saved My Life, So I Became One Too. I Had To Quit Because It Felt Like Child Abuse.

"If my own teacher had been forced to use the tactics that I was forced to use, I wouldn’t be here writing this."
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I Narrowly Escaped Being Recruited By A Cult. Then I Realised I Was Already In One.

"I longed to be thin and beautiful, much like the girls who were leaving my church to attend [Gwen Shamblin's Remnant Fellowship]."
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I'm A Food Writer With Severe Food Allergies – Here's How That Works

You will have to excuse me, my anaphylaxis is showing.
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I Was A Married Mum. Then I Started Narrating Erotica — And My Entire Life Changed.

"The first time I had to say the word 'penis' out loud in the recording booth, I laughed. I giggled like a teenager in sex ed class."
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I Lived A Charmed Life. Then My Husband Went To Prison For Embezzling Millions

"My identity as a housewife married to a lawyer and a woman who played tennis, hosted playgroups and volunteered with the PTA was gone."
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I Have Crippling Arachnophobia. So, Naturally, I Went To London Zoo To Be Hypnotised Out Of It

"Staying in the room, even while someone else gets rid of a spider, is a physical impossibility."
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I Ventured Into An Underground Fight Club. I'm Still Conflicted About What Happened That Day.

"I saw the opportunity to create a blip on the radar of my monotonous life, and I went for it."
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