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By Miss MariahPublished 5 years ago 1 min read
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"Just try to be more positive"

"Start a routine"

"Make goals"

"Go to your happy place"

Yeah... I mean if only it were that easy

I'm not sure a happy place exists in my mind

Though I do cherish the not-so-shitty moments

& I know you mean well

But we just simply aren't the same

This isn't a phase

Or some temporary emotion

Our brains are not on matching wave lengths

See me & crazy are in it for the long hall

Mental illness is the same as a life sentence

& I could try to fight it

Hell I've tried

I could try to play normal

But god dammit I've tried

The only way I can describe it

Is as if you had a huge rubber band

Wrapped around your waist

Trapping you in a dark place

& you can pull away only so far

Before it sling shots you right back

But I can't say all this to you can I?

You couldn't possibly begin to understand

So instead I say:

"Thank you, I'll try that..."

inspirational
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