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I Should Be Happy (November 2021)

I should be happy

 

Today was a good day

like objectively a good day

like, on paper, a good day

 

I should be happy

Today good things happened

better things than yesterday

or last week

or last month

or the last 6 months

 

I should be happy

 

But why do I feel like I'm moving my feet through water just to slow them down?

Like I'm looking through cotton just to see where I'm going

Like I'm laughing to prove my smile is bigger than it is

Like even breathing is made harder by the sheet over my lips

parachuting into my mouth with every breath.

I swear

 

I should be happy

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Written by
caroline-stradley
26 / F / American
Published
Jul 17, 2022
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a journal entry

Tags
#depression#happy
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