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Title: ******* not lazy! Something– not lazy. “Only weak people have depression, only weak people have anxiety, only weak people have ADHD, you look normal, not autistic– ” “Are you stupid? Can you not work with yourself? Just get up and do it.We’re all sad– “ Do you sit in a classroom full of people, and think you will die? I won’t. It feels like l will. There is war in my head. Do you lie in bed in the morning, and think sure why not… ? I lie there– Why not? There is no point, in my head. Do you check the route to the party, and plan for tragedy? I am prepared. I’m gonna throw up. There is no health problem, but in my head. I feel weak, I do it anyway. I throw up, I show up anyway. I know there is no point, but I go– Sometimes I don’t. A mechanic cranking gears in their own head. It’s not weak– I’m not weak. I don’t want to think I’m weak!
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5d ago
May 29, 2026 at 12:25 PM UTC
******* not lazy! Something not lazy.
Title: ******* not lazy! Something– not lazy. “Only weak people have depression, only weak people have anxiety, only weak people have ADHD, you look normal, not autistic– ” “Are you stupid? Can you not work with yourself? Just get up and do it.We’re all sad– “ Do you sit in a classroom full of people, and think you will die? I won’t. It feels like l will. There is war in my head. Do you lie in bed in the morning, and think sure why not… ? I lie there– Why not? There is no point, in my head. Do you check the route to the party, and plan for tragedy? I am prepared. I’m gonna throw up. There is no health problem, but in my head. I feel weak, I do it anyway. I throw up, I show up anyway. I know there is no point, but I go– Sometimes I don’t. A mechanic cranking gears in their own head. It’s not weak– I’m not weak. I don’t want to think I’m weak!
© Joan Reed. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (the dash does not show on the title)
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5d ago
May 29, 2026 at 12:25 PM UTC
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