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"Are you okay?" These are my least favorite words to hear because what do I tell you? do I tell you that I am not okay? That, in fact, I feel like a leaf swirling in dark waters trapped by the current having no power to direct where I want to go helpless I don't really want to talk about it I don't really want to tell you how I'm actually doing because if I do you are going to want to help me to try to fix me and I don't think I can be fixed I don't want to be helped I just want to sit here and not be okay is that okay? could we do that please? No Of course not Problems have to have solutions Broken things must be fixed I must be helped So I say, with a sunny smile, "I am well!" And quickly, with caring eyes, "How are you?" I want to know the state of your emotions so you will leave mine alone I want to hear your struggles so you won't ask about mine deflection and distraction All ploys I use to keep you at arms length Because When it comes down to it I don't want to face my feelings I don't want to think about how I am doing So, go ahead, ask me because "I am okay."
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May 3, 2018
May 3, 2018 at 10:54 PM UTC
i am (not) broken, please (don't) fix me
"Are you okay?" These are my least favorite words to hear because what do I tell you? do I tell you that I am not okay? That, in fact, I feel like a leaf swirling in dark waters trapped by the current having no power to direct where I want to go helpless I don't really want to talk about it I don't really want to tell you how I'm actually doing because if I do you are going to want to help me to try to fix me and I don't think I can be fixed I don't want to be helped I just want to sit here and not be okay is that okay? could we do that please? No Of course not Problems have to have solutions Broken things must be fixed I must be helped So I say, with a sunny smile, "I am well!" And quickly, with caring eyes, "How are you?" I want to know the state of your emotions so you will leave mine alone I want to hear your struggles so you won't ask about mine deflection and distraction All ploys I use to keep you at arms length Because When it comes down to it I don't want to face my feelings I don't want to think about how I am doing So, go ahead, ask me because "I am okay."
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EmotionalRoadshow
May 3, 2018
May 3, 2018 at 10:54 PM UTC
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