I watched the Fault In Our Stars when I was in high school. The girl was asked to rate her pain on a scale of 1-10. She saved her 10 until the very end of the movie.
When I got to the mental health treatment place I was asked to rate my anxiety and depression on a scale of 1-10.
I didn’t understand the whole saving the 10 thing until that moment.
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The Things I Never Said Out Loud
PoetryThe thoughts and words that no one besides myself have heard or said. I started this book at 19, a couple months after I went through the worst breakup of my life. I continues to write it during what had been the worst and best summer of my life, su...