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Trenchant Words Leave Scars Hidden To The Eyes Of Others

by gray-rain

Yes, I don't like life at the moment, anxiety fills me but I am numb to emotion. I'm ridden with fear, a plague infected by what people have said in the past but the effects stayed, they seem to last. Repeating in my mind played over and over all the time. They speak acrimoniously and use words unconservatively. Unknown to them that their words are trenchant and highly unpleasant. I'm usually strong but the pain caused has carried on too long. I usually don't care how people have come to their reason no matter what people say, they hurt! What ever the time, day or season. I'm tired of hiding who I am. I want to be free, not live in fear that others wouldn't understand.
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Written by
gray-rain
21 / F
Published
Jun 1, 2016
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I hate that people use words in a negative context then wonder why people are afraid to come out; what they don't realize that it's a difficult thing to do in a hetero-normative society and what they say can make people feel rejected even though they have done nothing other than be themselves.

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#words#fear#life#pain#numb#lgbt#lgbtq#prejudice#phobia#homophobia
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