| How It Happens|

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I want to be happy.

I mean not all the time because I have emotions right?

But sometimes I wonder if I'm depressed, sad or if it's the teenage hormones.

I have this façade too . . . ive memorized it so it now comes out naturally.

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Even when they don't mean it. It still affects me.

Fat.

Ugly.

Too dark.

The list goes on and they claim its all jokes but why can't they say something positive to me for once?

Why can't I be uplifted instead of brought down?

Even as a joke can't they hear how negative their words are?

They laugh and I try to laugh along with them and I don't know why.

I'm afraid of telling them that I don't like what they're saying because I'm worried that maybe, just maybe  it would backfire, and they'll all laugh because they'll see how affected I am.

It hurts.

How does it happen for you?

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