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By Emm Roy

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Behind every beautiful thing there’s some kind of pain.

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— J.K Rowling

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You will never be free until you free yourself from the prison of your own false thoughts.

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Hillary Clinton slams Trump for silence on torture of gay and bisexual men in Chechnya

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Stay away from people who make you feel that you are hard to love.

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Sometimes you just need to go off the grid and get your soul right.

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the hogwarts houses at their worst

gryffindor: *in the hospital wing with two broken arms and three teeth missing* worth it

slytherin: so my cunning plan got so convoluted that i somehow managed to doublecross myself and ended up with a year's detention

ravenclaw: I DON'T NEED SLEEP IT'S ONLY BEEN A DAY SINCE I ATE I NEED TO FINISH THIS BOOK ABOUT DRAGON DUNG DAMMIT

hufflepuff: *arms full of kittens* i want them all

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It’s unfortunate, and I really wish I wouldn’t have to say this, but I really like human beings who have suffered. They’re kinder.

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7 Should Know about People with Mental Illness

1. They’re not faking it

2. They’re not lazy

3. They often feel that they’re being judged

4. They often feel like they’re being written off

5. They often struggle with a deep sense of shame

6. Having a good day doesn’t mean they’re better now

7. Meds don’t always help, or take away the pain.

Breakdown - a poem about my experience with mental illness

When I was in my final year of my undergraduate degree, I experienced what I now call a breakdown. My mental health spiralled and soon, I hardly got out of bed at all. Just being alive hurt so much at that time; I had never experienced anything like it.

There aren’t many perks to suffering from depression. Sometimes the darkness can feel all-encompassing, and you wonder if you will ever get out. Today, I have still not recovered two years on. I’m not sure if I ever will. But I am on a journey towards learning more about myself, and trudging through all of the pain and trying to make some sense of it. So, while the perks are few and far between, I have learned more about myself in the last two years than ever before.

When I was in the depths of depression, the only way I could articulate how I felt was through poetry. Below is a poem I wrote one night in bed when I couldn’t sleep. It offered some catharsis when any relief felt impossible. Sometimes just articulating what is happening to us can make that burden feel slightly lessened. I hope that there is somebody out there who can read my poem and think, “this is what it felt like for me. I am right there in that room.”

Breakdown

There comes a day When my hands stop ticking. My face grows cold; The dark and worn mahogany Of my body starts to rot.

In an instant, I am rendered useless. A freezing, bald victim, Cowering in the corner Of the old house on the edge of town.

And everything is over. It is all gone. My owner deceased: My batteries dead. And I cease to be, To everyone but myself.

So I stand in this paralysis, And I hope for something good. I pray that I will be cared for; My face wiped with Veronica’s cloth. I want to be loved. I want to be needed. Not this troublesome silence; These lifeless hands.

- Patrick Kelleher

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I have never been remotely ashamed of having been depressed. Never. What’s there to be ashamed of? I went through a really tough time and I am quite proud that I got out of that.

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