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2008.08.22 12.06
Depressed
I was fourteen, I think, when I first hurt myself.
All the stress of school, and being yelled at, listening to other people be yelled at.... I was done... I was tired, and felt trapped.
I was in my room, the first time I hurt myself.
Supposedly, I was doing history work, or science, or maybe even literature. I don't know.
My mom was downstairs on the phone. Talking to someone. I had my bedroom door open, and listened. The only thing that really caught my attention, were these two little words. Catholic School.
I snapped.
Visions of it passed through my mind.
School uniforms, the holy bible, nun's with rulers, curcifixs.
I grabbed the first sharp thing in reach.
A safety pin.
Silver, with a sharp point.
Up and down. I drew lines on my left arm. Smooth, straight lines. From elbow to wrist. Back and forth. Up and down. Over and over.
The pain wasn't what I thought it would be. It was a cold heat, a slight burning sensation that dragged me back to earth....
That was the first time I hurt myself....
The last time I hurt myself...
I was sitting in the passenger seat of my cousins car.
She was pumping gas.
I took a safety pin off of my shirt, peeled back a glove, and drew more lines. Up and down. Up and down.
Earlier that week, Raven said she could see them.
I couldn't see them.
The lines, that everyone else could see... were invisible to me.
That was the last time I hurt myself.
Only a week.
I hurt myself for a week.
With a safety pin....
Then, my mom mentioned it.
We went to see the doctor.
"You're not alone," He said.
'I know that.' I thought.
'There are others who do the same thing." He told me.
"Yes... I know two others who do it too... but I can't, won't, tell you that.'
"Lots of people go through periods in their lives, like the one you're going through right now."
'And they get medicated to 'fix' the problem. They talk to people who don't care to listen, about every little problem in their lives. People get paid to listen and give advice they don't believe in. But yes. There are lots of people like me. One little blemish in the perfection that is humanity. One of many.'
Then came the therapist.
"Would you be okay with going on anti-depressants?"
"No." 'If I can't be happy on my own, I'm not meant to be fucking happy.'
"Do you want to be here?"
'Do I look like I want to be here?' "Not really."
"Would you like to talk about anything?"
'Not to you.' "I don't like to talk much."
"How's school."
'I don't want to talk about school. Please don't make me talk about school. Anything but school.' "It's... not so good."
"What's the problem with it?"
'None of your business.' "I don't want to talk about it."
Then I was fixed.
Three weeks. She'd give a question. I'd write a reply, and bring it in. She'd talk, I'd nod. I was okay.
I was fixed. Without medication. Without anti-depressants.
Mood: melancholy
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