Starters (Dealing with Mental Illness)
“I know that it’s not real, I just…it’s real to me, sometimes.”
“I don’t mean to…I’m sorry.”
“I don’t do it on purpose!”
“Why are you blaming me for something I can’t control?!”
“I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe–“
“My chest hurts, it feels like I’m going to choke.”
“Please just make them go away!”
“I hear it, okay? I can fucking hear it.”
“You can’t tell me it’s not there when I can see it! I can fucking see it!”
“I’m not sleeping, I…I can’t sleep, anymore.”
“I don’t think I’m alone.”
“They tell me to do things, they say all of these things to me and I don’t know what to do.”
“I don’t know which voice is my own anymore.”
“I…I need to go to the hospital.”
“No! I’m not going fucking anywhere!”
“I don’t want to take all of these pills, I don’t want to be on all these drugs anymore!”
“I’m tired of going to so many doctors.”
“I’m just so fucking scared. I’m scared of this, of myself, of everything.”
“I don’t know which one is the real me, anymore.”
“I can’t focus on anything, I feel like I’m not even real.”