Read This When the World Feels Impossible to Change

Imagine this scenario. You are 13. You get your first phone. You decide to get a Twitter account. You try to make a screen name. You use your name.

Twitter says no.

Why? Because there are already 53 “Lisa Sawyers” on Twitter.

You’ve just been told that your name — the very thing that has defined your entire being up until now — can’t be yours anymore. Your identity is stripped. No wonder many people feel depressed and powerless.