She sat staring at the ground, talking in familiar circles. Trying to point out all the things about her that made her deserve abuse. Recalling the parts of her that had been put down, questioned or flat our despised.
She was doing her best to figure out how to fix herself. To finally make herself worthy of unconditional love. She so badly wanted to be a good person, to be treated with respect, loved unconditionally and maybe even one day admired.
The hole inside her seemed to grow every time she fell into this habit. The familiar "you deserve it, you were born wrong" circle she existed in pulsated with life. But at least now she sat facing a professional that could maybe show her the way out. So she would let to hole grow, seeing in this the possibility of finding a way to fill it herself later. After all strangers were so good at seeing what was wrong with her, but rarely told her how to be better.
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Session One
Short StoryLacy Alma. In which a girl goes through an emotional journey to finally accept who she is.