Or why a concept of pain and guilt is so popular, that you need to be a victim for the society to be worth happiness — “Look how poor she is, she deserves so much happiness in her life”, — they say. Have you ever noticed how often people believe that only the poor or shy deserve to be loved and wealthy? All movies, tales and books on revolutions and historical dramas make us believe that…

I never believed I could find real love on Tinder, but now it happened. — All the time I was saying that Tinder is an application, where you can find one-night stand as maximum. Most of the time I was only facing abuses and toxic people or some guys who were not my type and not my level, trying to find easy-going girls. That’s why…

I was afraid of being lazy for the whole of my life. And now it’s been two weeks already since I’ve decided to let myself enjoy my apathy. Here’s where it led me. — I live in Kharkiv, Ukraine. War here lasts for 55 days at the moment and I never expected to start any of my articles with these words. Actually, before the war I had a crazy agenda full of tasks, and I always felt only a willing to find more hours…

A month passed since I’ve started living under the constant shelling in my peaceful native Kharkiv (Ukraine). And here is how Ukraine and Russia changed during this month. — Before the war, we had some inner political issues: increasing prices for gas, unpopular political decisions and constant opposition of East and West, which was not as strong as the Russians try to claim. But the war made us strong and united as never before. It seems like Putin decided…

I have clinical depression, that was diagnosed previous week. For now, they say my serotonin and dopamine level were extremely low for around a year by the moment. I’ve decided to make another research on genetic explanation of depression to find its biological reasons. — “Why are you so sad? Don’t be sad, smile, look how great life is!” people will tell you, and you will understand that you need to run away from them. Because these same people are completely unaware that life is cool just as much as dopamine and serotonin are present…

I live in Kharkiv, Ukraine. This is the 25th day of war and I’m still here. And that’s how the life looks like during the war. — After almost 4 weeks of shelling, I realized how much my life and myself changed since the start of Russian terror. When I was reading news about Yemen, Iraq or Afghanistan I never could believe people still live in those places and they study, develop and survive. Now I know…

Despite the fact I always stay calm and positive, living in my magical world not noticing the war at all, my mentality also suffers from military actions a lot. And here is my self-reflection on how I became lost. — I will never forget the first day of the war, when I deeply and desperately felt how broken I was inside. Being half-Russian and always taking Russian culture as native to me, I faced the break of all possible values. I had to kill that part of me, that no…

Or how a concept of love changed because of the military actions. — War makes you easily understand who loves you for real and who not. I have collected several stories of different couples, who experienced the start of the war in Ukraine together and here is what they told me. I won’t be revealing their full names not to put them in…

It would sound weird for everyone, who have never lived in military zones, but war is not a catastrophe, it’s another type of life, that still goes on. — When my granny was telling me stories about her happy childhood during the Second World War, I could never imagine I will be able to understand her one day. How is it even possible to make pancakes, celebrate birthdays, go for walks with friends and adopt pets when bombs are…