I’ve had this in my drafts for so long, all the additions here are beautifully worded and written. I’ve wanted to add to it for so long, but wasn’t sure how
Just kept overthinking it, wanting mine to be just as concise
It’s just that, a lot of comments doubt these words, but they’re all true.
But know, these are words that you have to accept on your own time.
In your own way.
These aren’t truths to be told, they’re to realize. And they only work when realized by you, and you alone.
Preaching does nothing, but I do hope, that whoever reads this, is willing to not readily accept this all, but to keep it in their minds.
In their back pocket, as a small bit of hope. That it was possible to feel better, these stories prove it, it was possible once, and is possible again
It’s hard to realize, much like any emotion, the root is sometimes hard to find. And sometimes emotions mascaraed as another. Making your feelings, your actions unfamiliar to what they’d be when faced with the real reason
It’s like a virus in your head, lying to you, blinding you from reality. You stop feeling love, feeling pleasure, happiness. It blinds you and tells you you’re hated.
It tells you things to do, how to act, all for it’s sick personal gain. Making you believe it’s wanted, from you
But once your brain breaks its fourth wall, the lies are clear.
And you realize, it’s not “I want to die”
It’s “I hate this situation so much I’d die for it to end”
“I’d die to not deal with it. For it to be over”
It’s a plea to live, but you don’t know how. Where to begin, how to start.
You’ve been toyed with by a virus pretending to be you. It’s so familiar, how do you move on?
It’s different for everyone, but internal dialogue says a lot. Each time you think about dying, see if something sparked it. What, sparked it.
Sometimes, it’s nothing big or horrific. It doesn’t have to be. It’s still bothering you and making life less than you deserve
And it’s worth fixing
The virus never leaves, but its power weakens, drowned out by happier things. It can still gain back at times, but you fought it once, it can be done again
And no, it doesn’t ever have to be done alone