“3. My demons are coming back. The lock on their cage in my mind is rattling. They’re reaching through the bars. I don’t know if I’m strong enough to stop them again”
“4. Nobody knows about the little meltdowns I have when I’m alone. They only know about the smiles and laughs I show them”
“5. A mistake repeated more than once is a decision.”
“6. I miss me. The old me. The happy me. The bright me. The smiling me. The laughing me. The gone me.”
“7. Never have I ever felt that I actually belong within a group of friends. I’m usually the one who’s “just there”
“8. I don’t think people understand how stressful it is to explain what’s going on in your head when you don’t even understand it yourself.”
“9. I think I’m losing you, but I will never regret choosing you because I am in love, and for now that will be enough”
“10. My parents haven’t got a clue how messed up I am, how depressed I am. I wish they knew, but then again, I feel like they wouldn’t understand.”
“11. On the outside I seem like a happy go lucky person who has their shit together. On the inside I am breaking down and battling years of hidden depression and just making it all up as I go.”
“12. Sometimes the happiest people are the saddest. They pretend they’re happy to make others happy because they know what the sadness feels like..”
