depression. it sits on your shoulder and grows and grows, the weight of your burdens forcing you down, down, down.
anxiety. it jumps in your heart, faster and faster and harder and harder until you can't breathe, you can't see, you can't think.
anorexia. it is the cloud of dark thoughts that murks up your mind and forces you to tear up your own body.
bulimia. it claws at your stomach and throat until the guilt is just too overwhelming and you have to do something about it.
suicidal thoughts. they are the sinking feeling in your stomach, where all you can think is i can't do this anymore, i can't, i can't!
self-harm. it is the peaceful thought of distraction from your horrible pain, a deep longing to just forget.
binge eating disorder. it throws food down your throat to muffle your cries, but it only makes them louder.
borderline personality disorder. it is that thin tightrope in your brain, lean to one side too much and you'll fall.
This is just a list of my past mental illnesses to explain to those who don't understand what it's like to live with one.
