STRANGLED
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Ongoing, First published Apr 24, 2022
Mature
"Just relax. I said relax!" Is all I could hear as the pain killed me inside. Every single part of me just shut down. Every part of my body felt dead. I couldn't move and even if I did I was scared of what would happen if I had even tried.

-Four hours earlier-

Since I was young I tried to make sure that I was well behaved, always making people happy, putting others before myself. I wanted to believe that everybody was like that. Kind, mature and loyal. 

My family always was proud of me but sometimes I just felt like I was useless and that I couldn't help in situations that needed to be helped with. I always thought that if I  was in need of  help would anybody actually go out of their way and help me, no matter the cost. 

It was a tricky question to answer as I had never been in a situation where I felt like I needed help until that day...
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