''It’s like your sadness is so deep and overwhelming that you’re worried it will drown everyone else in your life if you let them too close to it.''

''Don’t tell me I’m overreacting just because you can’t understand my pain.''

''No one could tell. But I was so tired, my head was swimming. The whole world was swaying in and out of focus, and I couldn’t remember how to exist anymore, without feeling that way. I wanted to hide it, but at the same time, I wish someone had seen. Because nobody knew about the endless nights, 3 am after 3 am, when sleep became impossible and screaming into my pillow wasn’t enough anymore. That was secret. No one knew me at all.''

''You don’t know how many
nights I ended up on the
bathroom floor crying and
shaking and crying and
shaking. I am not strong
or soft or pretty and I am
far from being okay. Maybe
survival was not made for
people like me.''

''Be patient with me, I’ve had to gather the broken pieces one too many times.''