Thembi Terry

I am insecure about everything. I’m always scared that everybody is trying to hurt me You cannot get me out of defense mode. It rarely…

It’s not you, its them. You wont believe me because you think you’re all that’s wrong with the world and that’s not your fault. The…

You know that feeling when you confidently volunteer an answer and it’s wrong? That is the story of my life. I have been humiliated a…

​The one thing that is taking up most of my mental space is the anxiety of what happens now? Something is wrong, and I know…

​Somebody recently told me that I sell dreams on social media. She implied that my online identity is far superior to my real life. I…

My creativity is the one thing that I compare myself with others over. I never want to be mediocre or below standard when it comes…

​I have an inferiority complex when it comes to how I relate with other people. And this often leads to people trampling all over me…

I gave a friend of mine bad advice and I feel like if I hadn’t, then maybe she’d still be alive today. I was young…

​My best friend’s mother can’t stand the sight of me and I do not understand why. Years ago, I got into it with my father…

​I have failed to do right by me in many areas of my life. I keep letting myself down and selling myself short. I am…