i'm not an insecure person, but i am incredibly lonely. i don't know how to fix that though, because it's self inflicted.
i have people around me, i have friends, but i never have social energy anymore. i really only find peace in solitude, but then i don't feel connected to anyone.
i honestly just think i can't form emotional bonds well. the few times i do, those people don't really stick around.
one day, i'll be confident enough to verbalize what i really think and how i really feel. i've been told before that i'm already open about that, but i'm not.
i fantasize about a lot, often. this is probably one of the few ways i don't feel lonely, the characters in my head are there. it's why i love reading, too.
i still think about killing myself every day. i'm nearing the end of my time according to the statistics for my diagnosis, and i wonder if i'll end up early.
i knew that my diagnosis would make relationships hard and spent time learning to make it easier for others, but nothing for myself. i can't ever shake the fears i have.
my whole personality started to feel like a symptom, and i feel like i have to wear a mask even around those i love. i don't get to be me. i feel like being me is just hurtful to others.
i want to be a good person, i truly do. but i constantly feel like i'm not. like just by being here, i'm harming others.
i'm not emotionless, i'm really not. i have my moments where i can't feel anything, but i still have feelings. i don't like voicing any because i don't like being vulnerable. i don't like having that weakness.
it feels weird when people tell me compliments or praise. i don't feel very deserving of it. i feel like i'm a fraud manipulating them to say that.
my anger probably comes from feeling lonely. from feeling like i'm shouting over and over and over and over again and no one will listen.
everyone feels like a stranger to me. even i feel like a stranger to myself.
as a kid, i used to wonder who the real me was. every time i thought i found her, i realized she was farther away than before. now? she's probably dead. long forgotten. a ghost has taken her place.
the sun sets, the sky gets a little cloudy, and suddenly i'm a dog stuck in a cycle of being beaten then returned to the pound. adopted, beaten, returned, adopted, beaten, returned, adopted, beaten, returned. suddenly, i'm very small and cowering in a corner, waiting for the next cruel act to befall me.
i miss feeling feminine.
my voice feels raw, like i'm constantly screaming, but i think it's really just that every time i accept a cruel act and move on it adds a new slice.