Sunday 5 February 2017

28/12/2016

Unsolicited advice to lonely people with demons on their backs and voices in their heads. (After Jeanann Verlee)
When someone asks you why you're so quiet, smile. 
When your friend asks why you've been pushing her away, tell her that you're not. 
When you find yourself on the edge of collapsing at 3 am; do not tell anyone, you don't want to seem desperate. 
When you find yourself on the edge of collapsing at 3 am and you really need someone; don't talk to the same person twice, because again. you don't want to seem desperate.

When someone asks you why you're so quiet, smile.
When you're in a place and you start feeling like you're background noise, leave.
When your chest aches because it's crashing under the weight of your demons, call for help, scream, cry, paint the walls black. 
When the voices in your head come from every corner, shrill and unforgiving, scream louder. 



When someone asks you why you're so quiet, smile.
When your friend asks you why you've been pushing her away, tell her that you're sorry,  tell her that you've been busy keeping the monsters at bay. 
When you find yourself on the edge of collapsing at 3 am, run for the phone, do not run for the blade, or the window, or the pills.
When you find yourself on the edge of collapsing at 3 am and you really need someone, call someone. Tell them you need them. It's okay to be desperate. 


When someone asks you why you're so quiet, smile. They do not know about the demons. 

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