Starters (Dealing with Mental Illness)
âI know that itâs not real, I justâŚitâs real to me, sometimes.â
âI donât mean toâŚIâm sorry.â
âI donât do it on purpose!â
âWhy are you blaming me for something I canât control?!â
âI canât breathe, I canât breatheââ
âMy chest hurts, it feels like Iâm going to choke.â
âPlease just make them go away!â
âI hear it, okay? I can fucking hear it.â
âYou canât tell me itâs not there when I can see it! I can fucking see it!â
âIâm justâŚreally tired.â
âIâm not sleeping, IâŚI canât sleep, anymore.â
âI donât think Iâm alone.â
âThey tell me to do things, they say all of these things to me and I donât know what to do.â
âI donât know which voice is my own anymore.â
âI hurt myself.â
âIâŚI need to go to the hospital.â
âNo! Iâm not going fucking anywhere!â
âI donât want to take all of these pills, I donât want to be on all these drugs anymore!â
âIâm tired of going to so many doctors.â
âWhatâs wrong with me?â
âIt hurtsâŚâ
âIâm just so fucking scared. Iâm scared of this, of myself, of everything.â
âI donât know which one is the real me, anymore.â
âI feel strangeâŚâ
âI canât focus on anything, I feel like Iâm not even real.â















