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She’s far happier thinking her sister is normal, even if she has a lot of problems, than she is having an abnormal sister for whom everything is fine. For her, normality—however messy—is far more comprehensible.
“Sometimes because, as hideous as this sounds to say, being loved is a necessary prerequisite for wanting to live but it is not sufficient on its own.”
― Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person
― Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person
“He preferred smart questions to smart answers.”
― The Housekeeper and the Professor
― The Housekeeper and the Professor
“One of the first things mental health practitioners tell you after you try to die is that your recent attempt is not selfish, not a misery you’ve inflicted on those you love most, but a fatal final symptom of a disease that’s destroying you. Which, sure. Fine. But seeing my younger brother’s face in that psych ward after he’d flown in from his first weeks of law school convinced me I deserved to die in the most torturous way imaginable. Loving people so much it hurts doesn’t necessarily negate the need to die; it just makes you hate yourself more for all the pain you cause, makes you feel your death would be a gift.”
― Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person
― Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person
“A problem isn't finished just because you've found the right answer.”
― The Housekeeper and the Professor
― The Housekeeper and the Professor
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