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"This is why I like people who draw answers from me without even asking a question, or who seem to answer my questions before I even ask them. This connection gives me the warmest of feelings."

YES

A nice readdddd

"I have trouble both accepting my own darkness and throwing myself into the light."

love love her thoughts about books

"It's no use to hold on to the empty shell of a love that's past, to try to win back a heart that will never return, or to let your regrets eat you up from the inside...

On those days, I read."

same

I LOVE THIS SECTION SO MUCH

JUST TURN MY GAZE

"Sometimes, when someone tells me to 'Cheer up' when I'm going through a tough time, I just want to wring their neck. Just be there to hold my hand, be sad or angry with me, or if you've gone through something similar, tell me about it and say it will all pass eventually. That's empathy and communication and a kind of consolation that enriches relationships."

THIS THIS THIS

"Funnily enough, the most consoling words I'd ever heard were these: 'Why are you trying to be brave?
Why are you trying to be confident? Just go ahead and feel what you feel. Don't cheer up!'

If I try to disguise myself as something I am not, I'm only going to get caught in the act eventually.
And I hate my awkward posing, my pretending to be something I am not."

Hays

I love the therapist's pov 🥺

THIS WHOLE PARAGRAPH IS BEAUTIFUL