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“It would've been the perfect time to tell her. To tell anyone. To say, 'I'm drowning and I need someone, anyone, to be my life raft.' To say, 'I thought it had gone, and it hasn't and I'm so scared by what that means.' To say, 'I just want to be normal, why won't my head let me be normal?”

Pain Silence Mental Health Mental Illness Ocd

Book:Am I Normal Yet?

Source: Am I Normal Yet?

“Soon my sobs dulled to a whimper. Soon my breathing came back. Soon I was able to get off the carpet. Soon I'd meet my friends for college and pretend it hadn't happened.”

Pain Silence Mental Health Mental Illness Ocd

Book:Am I Normal Yet?

Source: Am I Normal Yet?

“I didn't really have any sharable anecdotes. That's the thing about anxiety - it limits your experiences so the only stories you have to tell are the "I went mad" ones.”

Pain Silence Anxiety Mental Health Mental Illness Ocd

Book:Am I Normal Yet?

Source: Am I Normal Yet?

“Trauma. It doesn't eke itself out over time. It doesn't split itself manageably into bite-sized chunks and distribute itself equally throughout your life. Trauma is all or nothing. A tsunami wave of destruction. A tornado of unimaginable awfulness that whooshes into your life - just for one key moment - and wreaks such havoc that, in just an instant, your whole world will never be the same again.”

Book:The Manifesto on How to Be Interesting

Source: The Manifesto on How to Be Interesting

“Less hurt now to avoid more hurt later.”

Book:How Hard Can Love Be?

Source: How Hard Can Love Be?

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