Shadows are best to be seen.



I’ve started to notice how much I hate myself.
I’ve started to notice how little I eat.
I’ve started to notice how much I miss the good moments from my childhood.
The moments when I would play at the park; fall and scrape my knee, having my grandmother kiss it, and all my pain would go away.
I’ve started to notice how much everyone cares; how little they do(more or less.)
Though I must preface, I have a ghastly imagination, full of dragons, poetry, and murder.
Specifically the murder of those who speak down on me.
I’m an insecure narcissist.  

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What it's like being a depressed and mentally unstable adolescent girl...

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Written on March 31, 2022

Submitted by eden.elizabeth008 on March 31, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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