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Meggie with her blue jacket is standing proudly at a boat ramp leading down to the water of the River Shannon in downtown Limerick, Republic of Ireland. The sky is gloomy, dark, and full of clouds. Behind her and the river is the grey bricked King John's Castle. A comic text bubble from Meggie says, "Uncertainty is so overrated"

4 Amazing Reasons Travel Overcomes OCD’s Perfectionism

Meggie is hiking in the desert of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona, United States. Behind her are mountains of bare brown rock. Down below is the brown desert with lots of green scrawny bushes and a large Organ Pipe Cactus. Above is a blue sky with a few tiny clouds. Meggie, in a comic text bubble, says " i dun goofed already. not wearing sunglasses¯\_(ツ)_/¯ "

Don’t Make These 8 Common Mistakes While Desert Hiking

At the Limerick Colbert Irish Rail train station in Limerick, Republic of Ireland, people are walking on a platform headed for the exit. Trains resting on the tracks are on both sides of the platform. A comic text box says, "All about the no social anxiety train!" Words nearby a train say "TOOT TOOT". A large roof with window panes is covering the scene.

How Travel Can Help You Overcome Your Social Anxiety

Meggie is wearing a white sweatshirt and purple pants. She is raising her arms in the sky and smiling. She is standing in the desert and sand dunes of Death Valley National Park in southern California, United States. A comic text box says, "no resolution needed."

5 Reasons Making Travel a New Year’s Resolution is a Bad Idea

Meggie is standing on a stage giving a speech to a large business audience. She has her hand out and open as she is speaking. She is wearing a white business suit.

What it’s Really Like to Have Social Anxiety and Get Treatment

Meggie as an 11 year old with a red t-shirt with the St Louis Missouri Gateway Arch is sitting in front of a desert in Colorado or Utah, United States. The desert scene is brown and rocky. She is holding a Nintendo DSi XL. Yellow wildflowers are growing behind her.

21 Signs You Became a Traveler Before Turning 21

Meggie is sitting on a block of ice shaped into a snowmobile. She is wearing a green jacket. She is smiling. The comic speech box in front of her says, "My ass is f-f-f-freezing. Hurry up w-w-with the damn photo." At the Ice Museum in Downtown Fairbanks, Alaska, United States

Funny Travel Pictures

Meggie is standing on a balcony overlooking Howe Sound, pine forests, a turquoise sea, and mountains. Meggie is smiling, wearing a ballcap, a light blue denim jacket, and a white tank-top with black polka dots. The brilliant blue sky gas a few large clouds. Sea to Sky Gondola nearby Squamish, British Columbia, Canada. A thought bubble next to Meggie has the words, "I don't want to go back to the car"

How Canada Made Me Stop Hiding My Mental Illness and Open Up

A mysterious person shrouded in the shadows and undistinguishable is walking. A text speech bubble says, "He was hot on my trail, just an arm's length away."

How I Survived Stalker Danger as a Solo Female Traveler

Image by Karolina Grabowska from Pixabay. Wood table with paper and other objects neatly aligned and organized. Two comic text box bubbles. One says: "OCD in one image?" The other says "You ain't seen nothing yet."

Everything You Know About OCD is Wrong

Meggie is holding up her smartphone and looking at the screen. She says "I know what you're thinking... but I swear i'm not on social. i'm just taking pics!" She is on top of a desert mountain. Below her is a dry valley of desert, a lonely highway, and a small suburban neighborhood. Phoenix, Arizona's South Mountain park, United States.

12 Ways to Limit or Stop Social Media While Traveling

Meggie is standing proudly between two green hills on a paved walkway under a cloudy sky. In the comic speech bubble, she says: ireland grants you a happy heart and mind. Photo taken at Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge along the Causeway Coastal Route in Northern Ireland.

4 Reasons Why Ireland Will Win Your Heart and Mental Health

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I’m a neurodivergent world traveler promoting mental health with accessible resources and stories. Mental health is key to a fun trip!

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My dad's wooden boat on the sea. A pile of nearly faint people are lying at the bow.

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Meggie in a maroon jacket wearing a green Sunflower lanyard and standing in front of a green Sunflower Lanyard TV monitor next to the airplane arrival and departure screens in Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

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Meggie is wearing a black and red striped shirt as she is holding a white sack. She is standing in front of the Samuel Beckett white harp bridge in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The bridge goes over the River Liffey. A blue sky with some clouds hangs over. Meggie, in a comic text box, says "this white sack isn't the only baggage i have to carry"

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Meggie with her light blue jacket, backpack, and white shorts is walking through a dark cavernous tunnel, which used to have a railway. She is walking on gravel and towards the light at the end of the tunnel. She says in a comic text bubble, "In a painful dark place on my way to the light, my greatest potential." The Othello Tunnels in Hope, Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada.

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