Been There
Here are stories about real people, your age, who have dealt with some issues around health, STDs, drug use, sexual orientation, relationships, and more. They tell you what it was like for them and what they learned from their experiences.
Me, Myself, & I
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Vicky
Mersereau - Doing It My Way: "Being
Different. How To Cope." A Teen
Editorial Board member interviews four
friends. |
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Katherine
Henwood - Self Image: "Body
Image. How You Feel About How You Look." A
Teen
Editorial Board member interviews herself. |
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Keshia
Hall - Doing It My Way: "Everyone
deserves and needs love." A Teen
Editorial Board member interviews herself. |
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Lyndsey
K. - Poet - Doing It My Way: "I am not
going to hide my true identity. It makes me who I
am." Interviewed by Teen
Editorial Board member, Kendra Congdon. |
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Jennifer
Prather - Health:
"Scoliosis... I Can Overcome This!"
- A Teen
Editorial Board member interviews herself! |
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Nikki
Finazzo - Fires
Within: "Living in Anxiety." - A
Teen
Editorial Board member interviews herself! |
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Kendra
Lauren Congdon - Spirituality: "Finding
Your Own Path." - A Teen
Editorial Board member interviews herself! |
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Russell
Huffman - Health: "Dealing with
Diabetes." - A Teen
Editorial Board member interviews himself! |
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Barbara - Health - Eating
Disorders: "I want to live!" |
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Jessica
Davis - Doing It My Way - Olympic
Gymnast: "Halfway is like doing nothing." |
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Joey
Swienski - Doing It My Way - Special
Olympics Athlete: "Everybody is a winner in Special
Olympics." |
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Vanessa
- Health - Eating Disorders: "They're
lying. There's a conspiracy against you to make you
fat. You are not going to die." |
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Stephanie
- Health - Eating Disorders: "I got thin and my
life actually got worse!" |
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Paula
- Sex - HIV Positive: "They asked if I
wanted to take the AIDS test. I said, 'Man, for
what? I'm not a gay man! I don't use drugs.' " |
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Darell
- Sex - HIV Positive and Gay: "I'm a gay
Native American and that's not bad." |
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Gina
De Vries - Sex - Coming Out: "I
said, 'l like girls.' There was this silence at the
end of the phone and then she said, 'Gina, that's
okay.' " |
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James
- Sex - HIV Positive
and Gay:
"I always had protected sex. It
wasn't an option for me not to have unprotected
sex." |
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Michael
- Sex - Coming
Out: "I
didn't feel uncomfortable dating women, but I knew
that I was attracted to men." |
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Linda
- Drugs - Ex-Smoker:
"...she could inhale so perfectly. And I
thought 'Oh, you know, that's so totally
cool.'" |
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Angela
- Drugs - Substance Abuse: "I mean it's
good to have a good relationship with your parents,
but to smoke weed with your mom at age 13!" |
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Tori
- Fires Within - Teen
Suicide: "I was very depressed about my
looks. About friends. About everything!
Adolescence. Everything!" |
Relationships
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Vicky
Mersereau - Relationships: "One
long distance relationship that's working!"
A Teen
Editorial Board member interviews
herself. |
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Simona
Paladini - Relationships:
"Stranger in a Strange
Land." Interviewed by Teen
Editorial Board member, Kathy Chang. |
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Allison
- Abusive Relationships:
"I believed everything they said. I
believed absolutely everything
they said." |
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Cinnamon
- Abusive Relationships:
"When guys are abusers and they know that
you need them... they try to use that, to get
you." |
Justice Now
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Jeff Marx - Justice Now : "How to Win a Student Election." |
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Tina
- Justice Now - Exchange Student - Building
Bridges: "America Through the Eyes of a Stranger."
- Interviewed by Teen
Editorial Board member, Kendra Congdon. |
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Hilary
Anderson - Justice Now - Physical
Disability: "Do everything you're capable of
doing and don't let anybody's thoughts or ideas
stand in the way of what you feel you can do." |