“The mere thought of losing her had been a drawn-out torture, she could see that on their faces, and she could only imagine what it would have done to them if she hadn't kept fighting - then or now. She was so glad she had, and so guilty that she almost hadn't.” FamilyDepressionSuicideMental HealthPerseveranceRecovery Book:The Project Source: The Project
“Now, it felt like every day a new oozing pustule of emotion came glopping out. One day it was a goopy mass of abandonment issues. Then there was the gelatinous muck of hyper-independence weighing down her proverbial galoshes. The steaming, writhing mass that was her identity crisis was particularly pungent some days. It had come to her attention the hard way that for years her coping mechanism had been to numb herself; turn her emotions off completely. Any that snuck through were instantly squashed under humor, deflection, or anger. A perfect plan, until that damn straw had hit the camel's stupid back.” DepressionEmotionsMental HealthRecoveryNumbnessBreaking Point Book:The Project Source: The Project