the criteria for being okay

how do I know if I'm not okay?

you'll feel it. a hollowness seeping into your very being from the inside out. a feeling like black tar covering your entire being.
but that's just the first part.

the next thing you'll notice is the overwhelming urge to hurt. not just yourself, but everybody and everything around you. you'll roll around in bed late at night, your body craving some sort of pain wether it be inflicted on you or not.
misery and hurt go hand in hand.

the next and last thing you will notice is that any and all desire to do anything at all will have died out. you will not want to talk. you will not want to breathe, eat, sleep, get up. you will however, want to rot away by yourself.

alone.