I Am Depressed But Try to Hide It

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Pretending To Be Happy

i feel like the only reason i do anything is for my friends' benefit. i have to be positive, energetic, and smile for them when i see them at school, or whenever we have plans even if i feel terrible. sometimes it feels like they are...

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Written on July 1st, 2011
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sotiredofthem

I Wake Up In The Morning And Put A Fake Smile On.

I've been depressed for almost two years now. It use to be so bad that I would often think of suicide. I'm afriad I will come back to that point. If my friends ask me what's wrong, I say nothing. I put on a fake smile and laugh so...

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Written on March 28th, 2010
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theghostofsophie

Maybe It Shows

I do get upset easily. I don't like that fact but in all honesty there is nothing I can do to change it. Now I am just sick and tired of putting up with it, knowing its only a matter of time before I break. I don't know what will happen...

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Written on November 27th, 2012
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soharu

Toast

me. its kind of like a piecce of toast. what everybody sees is the bornt outside, and nobody touches it. but in the middle, its actually just fine. but people dont care. they just want their money, to watch tv, to go home, or get there...

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Written on November 16th, 2010
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carriewolf12

Hiding My Depression From Friends And Family

I may not always smile when i'm around my friends or family, but whenever i'm asked, "Are you alright?" or "How are you?" I always say either "yeah, i'm fine" or "I'm doing okay". I don't know why I hide my depression from them, I just...

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Written on September 7th, 2011
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Erinkidd01

I'm Pretty Good

I've been depressed for a while now, even cut myself when things get too out of hand. I hadn't told anyone about it until yesterday when I told one of my friends. Before, I tried to explain that it was a huge thing and...

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Written on November 26th, 2009
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"i have goldenharr syndrome one half of my body is diffrent from the other so people have stared at me since birth..."
"Well not everything The shell of me still speaks and the pain inside the shell swells cries like inside the shell swells cries like a baby howls like a wounded animal Is this a self or the remains of a noloccaust Echoes of the old me Fritting around ghosts Afraid to die because i am already dead and dont want to die another ...."

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