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When i was younger, I would get a strange feeling, like there was something missing. It came regularly, about once a week, and it nagged and clawed at the back of my brain, but for the life of me I just didn't know what it was. Was it a physical thing or a mental thing? Was it important or not? I felt like it was , but then again , I'd forgotten it so completely that it couldn't have been something of much importance to me. So I'd ignored it, that feeling, until it gradually became less frequent. It's been months since I last felt it. But I always notice when it comes back because something is so obviously missing. I wouldn't be able to remember what I had for dinner, or whether yesterday had even happened at all. It always held an ominous weight to it. That's the kind of feeling I'd have.

I'm 17 now and I see it as trivial – probably something to do with hormones and mood swings – but sometimes I wonder whether ignoring it is the right thing. After all , weren't we all told to trust ourselves and our instincts?

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