// I can’t tell you I’m sorry that I can’t tell you. I can’t tell you what my life is ruled by, about the dark secrets that are always there, always in control. Usually I hide them until i’m by myself and I can’t stop them from taking over; you would never even guess there is something wrong, but sometimes, every once in a while, i’m knocked out of breath to the point where i don’t have the control to keep everything hidden, the cracks kept closed by what feels like band aids come ripping apart. in earthquake tides. thats when things get rocky, you now know that i’m not all shiny and happy like i pretend. i’m not the happy go lucky, twenty one year old who is simply sarcastic and has a funny accent. i’m broken and holding myself together with all i’ve got, but i can’t tell you that and i’ll do all i can not to show even the slightest glimpse of it either. i’m the girl with commitment issues, the one where if anyone knew the extent of how screwed up things were, i wouldn’t have a hope. i’m sorry i can’t tell you about the nights where i sit alone in my room, pitch black and with tears streaming down my cheeks, not being able to steadily breathe for hours on end, about the blood that i throw up time and time again and about the fear and panic rippling through my body so much so that i can’t help but physically shake to be able to cope, if coping is even what you would call it. i’m sorry i can’t tell you all the causes and triggers, the thoughts and the pain that runs through my brain. as much as i want to be able to talk to you, i can’t. i’m not good at talking, i don’t know what to say, but at the very same time, it’s all i want to do, i need it, i can’t have these things build up inside the way they currently are. I can’t be that vulnerable, it scares me more than anything. because what if you don’t like what you see, you’ll just be another person who leaves, and that number is already a lot higher than a twenty one year should have dealt with. i can’t let another relationship be ruled by what already rules my life. i can’t have another person look at me with the same pity and unavailability to do anything, i can’t put that on you. i’m sorry i can’t tell you about the things that help, because i know that you’d want to try and help. too many people have promised their permanence, i can’t give anyone the chance to make such empty promises again. i’m too tired, worn out. life is too heavy for that.