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I used to wish I had a reason to feel so sad. Maybe a death in the family or a traumatic injury, morbid as it sounds. A reason to feel scared, and lost, and all at once a child begging for someone else to takeover for a while. Crying in the bath is such a cliche but when you're underwater no one can ask what's wrong and be disappointed by the answer. I don’t have a good enough reason to be sad, I’m only 23 and have an entire life to live but I feel like this is gonna be it, and every week is another long week and every day drags like it will never end. I feel like I should talk to someone but I’m not sad enough, or I’m not rich enough, or I’m not desperate enough. People say life finds a way and that it will all sort itself out, but right now in this bath it’s just me and my fears so life can wait a while.
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Sep 29, 2020
Sep 29, 2020 at 2:33 PM UTC
Not sad enough
I used to wish I had a reason to feel so sad. Maybe a death in the family or a traumatic injury, morbid as it sounds. A reason to feel scared, and lost, and all at once a child begging for someone else to takeover for a while. Crying in the bath is such a cliche but when you're underwater no one can ask what's wrong and be disappointed by the answer. I don’t have a good enough reason to be sad, I’m only 23 and have an entire life to live but I feel like this is gonna be it, and every week is another long week and every day drags like it will never end. I feel like I should talk to someone but I’m not sad enough, or I’m not rich enough, or I’m not desperate enough. People say life finds a way and that it will all sort itself out, but right now in this bath it’s just me and my fears so life can wait a while.
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Sep 29, 2020
Sep 29, 2020 at 2:33 PM UTC
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