It's Normal
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MatureComplete Mon, Jul 28, 2025<5 mins
This story is for anyone who has been through this-no matter the age.
I wanted to write something different-a quiet attempt to help people empathize with a problem I've dealt with for a while. Not depression, but sadness. The silent kind-the kind that makes you mask how you feel because, after all, it's normal to feel like this, right?
I write from personal experience. I don't know what deep depression truly feels like, and I can't speak for what others go through. Sadness takes many forms-raw and loud, devouring and close... but also quiet. Silent. Dismissive.
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