depression slides out from under your bed, takes you by the ankles and doesn't relent.
depression is not showering for a week, not eating, having to force yourself to blink.
depression is a joke, and i'm completely fucking over it.
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when seventeen year old florence james is forced out of france to florida to live with her father she finds herself in a worse state than she ever could have prepared for.
as if a new school wasn't enough she was in a new country, with somewhat of a language barrier. don't get me wrong she can speak perfectly fine english but it seems that most americans are too simple to wrap their heads around her accent.
so when two boys mistake her no for a yes she finds herself getting in all kinds of shit.
8 Kapitel Abgeschlossene Geschichte Erwachseneninhalt
8 Kapitel
Abgeschlossene Geschichte
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"I felt as if I didn't belong,
And I felt as if i'm not sick enough"
Alfie struggles with the concept of food. He loves it, he hates it and just wants to find peace with it and within himself. He wants to make up with his body, his mind but he's lost all control so he's finding it hard to live.
Alfie Hailo, a 16 year old swimmer, has been struggling with food since the age of 13. His parents put him in dance class when he was 6 but he was getting bullied as he got older, so decided to quit and choose a more 'masculine' sport.His father also left the family home 2 years prior and has been struggling to understand why. He has amazing friends, and an amazing family who love and care for him dearly but, he doesn't feel this. He feels like he has to be perfect. With the pressure of school, and having to keep up to the social norms of a professional swimmer, it's hard for Alfie to concentrate. He needs the help. And to do this, Alvin helps. Alvin helps him find his worth, take control, and makes his life easier, or so he seems.
His best friends, Killian and Ruby, know Alfie inside and out. They know his family life, school life. And this is because Alfie is a simple person. He has never had a detention, nor has he been expelled. He's a straight A student with no history of alcohol or drug abuse. Will they suspect anything? How will Alfie proceed with his excruciating pain. Will he cover it up or will he find the courage to speak up and seek help?