A little bit dead

Explanation

I'm tired of people assuming depression and anxiety are part of a teenage

Phase

That I am being attacked by demons

When I'm really

Not.

Let me make this clear.

I

am

sick.

Just like how you get a cold, how one can have autism, or one develops

Diabetes.

If you had cancer,

And I told you that

You were simply going through a "phase"

And that you were being attacked by the devil

And that your symptoms were tantrums you had to outgrow,

That you didn't need to see a doctor because all they spewed were lies,

That if you did visit a doctor they would send you a very bad place that will

Ruin your life,

I'm sure you'd be irritated too.

And less irritated, more helpless.

You'd be kept awake until 11:00pm

Thinking that maybe there really was nothing wrong with you

That maybe you're the problem.

And as your cancer gets worse, you try to get help, but all you do

Is inflict pain on your loved ones.

They don't take to Chemo

And you approach your breaking point

But you have to pretend to be okay

Because they complain about you.

You inflict worry on them

Maybe I'm just going through

A phase

So I decide

I don't

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