Wearenotwhoyouthinkweare Stories

Echo James Williams was a depressed teenager. She didn't eat or talk to her family, she only talked to her one friend who was an Internet friend. Crystal Lynn-Anne. Crystal was also very depressed and Echo and Crystal talked about where they cut theirselves. Echo hated school she thought it was the worst place in the world. People were rude to her there so she mostly went to classes and sit under the bleachers outside. She didn't have any friends at school and that was okay. But one day her mother saw the cuts and sent Echo to Houston Mental Institution. That's where she met her friends for life.

"The boy with turrets told the funniest jokes The girl who faked her nails up and down her skin could create the most exquisite drawings The girl who abused drugs had the wisest soul The boy with schizophrenia had the biggest heart The girl with slits and scars all over her body dried my tears and told me I was beautiful The boy with anger issues gave the warmest hugs The girl with bulimia told everyone every day they looked beautiful in their bodies The boy who was a compulsive liar told us he wanted all of us to get better and that for once he was telling the truth The girl who almost drank herself to death stood up for everyone who felt they were being bullied The boy with social anxiety made sure no one sat alone at meals We are not who you think we are."