Thank you all for reading this.
I made this story originally as a vent. I'm an autistic girl who for the longest time has been considered "odd" or "weird" thanks to my interests. I have been masking for as long for as I can remember to the point it was nearly impossible to tell me from a neurotypical person. That was before I was diagnosed. I was very attention seeking (and I somewhat still am) and was sort of a "people pleaser." I grew very depressed and even thought I wanted to die. Perdita was a self insert and met her end horribly as a consequence. As I continued writing though, I wanted to give this story a message. This story was also heavily inspired by Elley Cooper's story in the Fazbear Frights book series, "To Be Beautiful".
To my dear readers, please, do not change yourself just for the sake of society or for someone else. If you think you are ugly or weird or bad in any way or matter. If you have interests most deem as weird, if you're neurodivergent. Please, engage in your activities and better yourself. Learn some skills and don't give a shit about what most think. Don't mask or hide yourself and don't lose yourself. And for god's sake, please, don't get plastic surgery.
Oh, and for the addicts of porn or drugs like alcohol or cigarettes. Whoever takes the "if you have interests most deem as weird, engage in your activities". For god's sake, I'm not saying that "oh! Do whatever you want! Go drink massive amounts of alcohol and smoke as much cigarettes as possible and whatever" I am not enabling.
Stuff like porn and drugs can do serious harm to your body and life both physically and mentally in one way or form. Please get help immediately if you do any of these sort of things. You can get better, you have the potential. You can do better. You're valuable, and your life can so much better if you can actually get rid of these.
To the fellow readers who are probably planning about suicide. Please, don't. You matter, you really do, the majority of you reading this probably and most likely don't know me. But I'm sure that there are people who care for you in your life, whether it be a friend or caretaker or whoever you trust. It would be really nice if someone who was in a crisis or suffered traumatic events would get professional help or help from a relative or friend. The world is better with you in it. You have so much potential and so much talent you can share with this world. Seeking help from another, if not helping yourself isn't weakness, but strength. If you also have someone in your life going through a crisis, I also recommend you help them through it too. Maybe you are a true great friend. Who knows. All of you reading this matter,
Thank you for reading!
