"They are all innocent until proven guilty. But not me. I am a liar until I am proven honest."
― Louise O'Neill, Asking For It
When He confesses to his school that he's been raped, who is to be believed and who is lying through their teeth? The boy who is the best pitcher in the state could never be over powered, by a woman at that. He had to like it, no matter how many times he said no or bit back his tears.
Boys are supposed to be built of cold and hard steel, but this boy is pure glass, waiting to shatter. Boys are never supposed to shatter, they can't even dent . They feel nothing, not even pain.
Then he is not a boy.
**Warning, book contains rape, self harm, depression and more. Can be triggering to many, read at your own risk.**
42 Kapitel Abgeschlossene Geschichte Erwachseneninhalt
42 Kapitel
Abgeschlossene Geschichte
Erwachseneninhalt
People always say, 'There's no reason to be depressed.' or 'what do you have to be depressed about.'
alot of the times its, 'you seem fine to me.' yes, I do seem fine, but I'm breaking underneath the surface.
They don't see behind the mask we all hold up. 'Everyone gets these feelings.' yes they do, but some are worse than others, yet its pain nonetheless.
They don't understand what goes through our minds when we do things they think is crazy, like cutting. They don't understand that when we look in a mirror, we hate what we see. Or when you cry yourself to sleep at night for reasons that are still unknown to you.
Those feelings of sadness, loneliness, desperation, anxiety.
Those fears of being abandoned by the ones you love the most, or being a burden because you're sharing your feelings.
They don't understand.....
But I do.
This book is for all those people that feel even one of these. You are not alone.
*TRIGGER WARNINGS*