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WhY Am I sO sAd ToDaY?!

WhY Am I sO sAd ToDaY?!

I thought we were done with sad wtf

Jul 18, 2023
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Welcome to week two, season three of The Messy Middle.

Ok. So I know I’m supposed to stay on theme (this season’s theme is showing up authentically) but today I am so sad.

I don’t want to see people, including myself.

I want to hide in a hole or run and run from the coldness in my stomach—I don’t want to feel whatever is brewing because what if that means I’ve been wrong all these months? What if I’m not actually well and stable? What if I’m just running, again, from the inevitable sickness in me?

THIS IS A PAID POST I AM V SORRY MY SAD SELF WANTS TO LET YOU READ EVERYTHING BUT ONE TIME A GUY I WENT ON ONE DATE WITH REMINDED ME TO STOP GIVING MY WRITING AWAY FOR FREE AND I ALWAYS LISTEN TO MEN I DON’T KNOW #DADDYISSUES

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