F*cked: Being Sexually Explorative and Self-Confident in a World That's Screwed

by Krystyna Hutchinson

the best way to feel better isn’t for someone else to guide you through your feelings, it’s to be strong enough to have the ability to laugh yourself through the pain.

you can pretty much trace the roots of each dilemma back to an underlying belief that you are wrong for wanting what you want, gross for looking how you look, and in general, a certified weirdo.

shame is a long-lasting belief that you as a person are bad.

In our quest to find mates, we are continually and repeatedly losing ourselves.

came out of my mouth as anger. Of course it did. Insecure people are usually the angriest, loudest kind of people.

The good news is, if you sense a disconnect between you, there’s a cure for that. It’s called communication.

We don’t get every single need met in a relationship; human beings are too complicated for two people to have the exact same set of desires.

A relationship has a high value because it is so fucking hard.

This goes for you too: no one can take you, but you can give yourself to someone.

I’m very comfortable with the things I feel. I am just uncomfortable sharing them because I distrust how others might handle them.