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adolescent bestfriends contemporary depression family featured finished friendship hearttouching hope humor inspiration love notcliche plottwist reconciliation sad self-esteem selflove shortstory

"I don't have terrible problems, and I know my life isn't bad like other people's", I added. 

"But it's as if I'm half and half", I shrugged. "Half satisfied, half disappointed, half happy, half sad".

"I know it's silly though", I corrected myself while sitting up and shaking my head. "I know I don't have the right to say I feel-".

"You don't have to be miserable to have depression", Matthew cut in while looking into the horizon. 

"You don't have to be poor, or unloved, or even bullied to feel like you're losing all hope", he added. 

Looking right ahead, he placed his hand on the water and threw some ahead, creating a 'splash' sound that interrupted our  quietness.

"You don't need water to feel like you're drowning", he pointed while looking at me with an intense look, as if begging me to understand and take my words back.

"Never apologize for your feelings", he continued while moving a bit closer to me. "They are there for a reason".All Rights Reserved

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Life Is Precious, Just Like Him - Phil Lester X Depressed! Reader cover

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The cut that always bleeds

I was what they called a perfectionist. I had everything planned out and wanted a simple straightforward life. Things at home were hectic, disturbed, painful and heart-breaking. I decided that I wanted to stay away from all people that could possibly hurt me. For example, friends, extended family, judgemental neighbours and worst of all, the one I dreaded the most... love. But of course, as any normal story goes, I was unable to steer clear of love. I was unable to steer clear from him. I let myself drown in merciless water, drown so deep, the surface was out of the question. I let myself escape and wonder in his inequitable love, so blinded, so foolish. I thought I could no longer drown. But that day. That one day. That day ensured my belief. That I would forever drown alone.