“People rarely bring flowers to a suicide.”
― All the Bright Places
― All the Bright Places
“You need to spend time crawling alone through shadows to truly appreciate what it is to stand in the sun.”
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“What people don't understand about depression is how much it hurts. It's like your brain is convinced that it's dying and produces an acid that eats away at you from the inside, until all that's less is a scary hollowness. Your mind fills with dark thoughts; you become convinced that your friends secretly hate you, you're worthless, and then there's no hope. I never got so low as to consider ending it all, but I understand how that can happen to some people. Depression simply hurts too much.”
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“It's important to keep in mind that most people have no idea how to respond effectively to someone who self-harms.”
― Freedom from Self-Harm: Overcoming Self-Injury with Skills from DBT and Other Treatments
― Freedom from Self-Harm: Overcoming Self-Injury with Skills from DBT and Other Treatments
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