Hey all! FKB staff here! Merry Christmas to you all! Question for today: What is your favorite Christmas gift you have ever received? Why?  Looking forward to hearing back from all of you, stay safe this holiday season! -FKB Staff 🙂

First I was rejected by a woman, now I was just rejected by a company.  I feel like the biggest reject in the world.  I made it all the way through the interview process, from human resources all the way to the VP of the department.  I thought I knocked every part of the interview out of the park.  But … Read More

What or who inspires you and why?

I thought things were beginning to turn around for me when I asked one of my single Facebook friends out for coffee and she said “sure”.  We planned on meeting for a cup of coffee at 9am on Saturday.  Earlier today she texted me, cancelling the date.  She said she didn’t realize that it was Christmas Eve day, and wanted … Read More

This is my “Vision Board”.  I’m an art nut, and hope to eventually relocate to Portugal.  I’m definitely going to need to work on my Portuguese—right now it’s nonexistent!  I’ve been going through major depressive times since the beginnings of the pandemic; this on top of my “normally” dysthymic tendencies that I’ve endured since late childhood.  Hope for change, and … Read More

I just finished watching “A Christmas Carol” (the version with George C. Scott from 1984), and I’m in tears.  What really affects me is when the Ghost of Christmas Past shows Scrooge his younger self being dumped by his girlfriend because she was upset that Scrooge started to get overly wrapped up in his work and begin to become obsessed … Read More

I’m struggling with the holidays being triggery for me.  I got through Thanksgiving by myself and looking back at it, I can see that it was better to be just me and my cat than to be around family/drugs/alcohol/drama. I made the day as nice as I could for myself.   Right now things are just piling up on me financially … Read More

I sit here, at my mom’s house, feeling like my life is at a complete standstill…like everything I had ever built for myself has been taken away from me, never to be given back. I watch as other people’s lives actually progress and steps are taken…hurdles successfully completed, while I stay frozen at this point of permanent failure, always on … Read More

I’m losing my job due to complications of depression and BP II and am currently on an unpaid leave. I’ve had almost no contact from co-workers (friends?). If feels like I’ve been disappeared. Has anyone else experienced something similar?

…that a man shall leave his mother and father, and join with his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” That’s from the book of Genesis. What a crock. Here I am at age 49, and because my (remote) work doesn’t pay me enough, I need to stay with my 88-year-old mom, having never married and having never had … Read More