Growing up as far back as I remember, I was never happy. I had everything I physically wanted. grew up in a stable, comfortable home, two parents, average kid in school, friends, but somehow I always felt different, never comfortable in my own skin As a child I knew money was not the key to...Read More

Starting off from a young age I always felt disconnected from everyone around me and life seemed like a burden.I felt different because I grew up with a single mom. I thought everyone with two parents had life easier. I would distract myself with electronics, sports and attention but nothing was ever enough until I...Read More

My name is Shimi.  In spite of the fact that I come from  warm, frum family in Brooklyn, ever since I was a little boy, I always sensed that there was something profoundly different with me. I was seemingly a regular  boy in yeshivah and even though I was popular, athletic and successful in my studies, I felt empty; like there was...Read More

Growing up, I loved running around outside with friends, riding bikes , playing sports. It gave me a sense of freedom. I had trouble in school, behaving and paying attention, so I was sent, to multiple tutors and therapists, one thing that i felt which i never brought up, was that I felt different, something...Read More