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18 year old Amy Turner struggles with mental illness. Depression, anxiety, panic disorder, and struggles with suicide tendencies. Amy lives with her mother, who constantly travels for her business, and believes that all Amy's situations are fake and drawn to bring attention to herself. She also deals with a lot of bullying at school by a group of people; Amber Thomas, Jenny Looser, John Rogers, and several other girls and guys. Her best friend Bethany Peters watches her and stands by her through her tough times until Amy's dream boy, Brandon Walters, comes in and causes conflict to her mental illness. Brandon and Beth struggle to watch her attempt suicide, feel broken and begin to start rumors about each other causing to mess with Amy's mind. Will Amy and Beth continue on with their friendship? Will Brandon and Amy officially come out from hiding their relationship? Will Amber continue her rumors and start more drama to break Brandon, Beth and Amy apart?
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My name is Ariel Baes. I'm 18 years old with a passion for writing. Parts of this story are personal and related to my personal life, but in Amy's point of view, and more violent and serious. I myself struggle with mental illness, suicide tendencies, and struggled with self harm. I am proud of this writing I have been working on and am proud to share it. It may not be the best story ever written, spelling errors may be an issue. But this story tells a lot. And I hope you guys will enjoy it as much as I did writing it.
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