I Pretend I'm Okay

You can always be happy without that someone who once become part of your life, you can always be the same person you we're after they're gone. Life goes on as what they always say. Everything around you can be so magical, fantastic and...

I feel like it is easier to forget if people think that you are OK, at least when you are with others and also I don't want to burden or worry anyone. So at the moment I am pretending to everybody that I am fine but actually I cannot...

I sometimes pretend I'm ok and hold things in. When people ask how I am, I mainly say that I'm fine. I do the same if I'm stressed. I don't like to talk about my problems, I just put on a brave face.
Don't like to worry others

Im sick and tired of pretending that telling you goodbye, for the second time!! Was the best thing for the both of us. But why than do i replay every little conversation we ever had, through text mostly, trying to find hidden meanings...

I have just had another episode of verbal blaming and abuse from my partner. I decided not to go into a depression and to reach out instead. I am feeling stuck in an abusive relationship in which we own the house together. I want to...

I'm tired of trying to hide it, I'm tired of trying to find peace in my heart when there's no sign of it coming and I'm tired of not being able to talk to anyone about it out of fear of sounding dumb. But I can't fight it, it...

There was a smiling guy ,, who had little to say but didnt say too many harsh words when  he  was asked an opinion. why? Cus that was his human nature,, thats why!  but on the inside the darkness lingered , a cold cloudy day of...

This is what a panic attack WAS like for me. I have been able to keep these away now for almost a year. But i would like to share it.

i can feel it creeping slowly day by day anxious, can be still, when, why go away. Heart racing i...

i pretend i'm okay, to assure myself. i lie so i can believe it myself, when the truth gets too hard for me to swallow. in reality, i'm a mess. i'm not strong enough to get through this, that i am stupid and i rude to everyone. i...

You can feel me, nervous
bundle of awkward energy squirming under the table;
I'm talking to people,
being charming,
and there's your touch, hidden, but potent.

You used to touch me to make me calm.
You used to find me when I was gone...

Isn't it funny how a person can have so many acquaintances and be surrounded by people but still experience such profound disconnection? We pass each other on the street and say a quick reflexive Hi How are you? Fine, thanks, and you? I...

Maybe I should write this as a confession instead of a story.   I'll probably end up deleting it anyway ... the truth hurts ... lol.

I've battled depression for most of my life.  The last 10 years at least, I...

So I'm in my family year of high school and have applied for universities. All my friends have been getting in and most recently I got my letter as well... You'd think this would be the happiest day of my life. WRONG! Turned out to be...

I have some bruises from fighting, they're pretty big you can say.
But in my PE class, I took off my long sleeves because I forgot, but afterwards I didn't feel the need to keep my sleeves down. So in History I actually shoved my...

It seems people are so busy, so preoccupied, etc. these days they either don't care to listen or are too worried to share the truth of the matter for fear of not being listened to.  I can't blame those who don't share ... I'm one...

I can't keep pretending I'm "okay". I'm not strong enough to keep going, I just want to die. I've done more harm then good. No one would even notice if I was dead.
I started cutting again but it won't even stop the pain from overcoming...

I wouldn't call this a story or anything of that nature, if that makes any secne to anyone. But I can be honest that I've alway felt that people never actually saw me when they looked at me. I've alway felt that I could never win when...

I'll put on a brave face, show you I can be brave, though I am dying inside.
I'll even smile for you, just so I can make you smile.
 
I'll tell you I am okay, even though I am so far from that.
 
I'll thank you with my eyes, lock the...

I pretend I'm ok by wearing 'my mask'. People around me have no idea how badly I am hurting inside, how broken my heart is and how much I wish I was dead. Sometimes little things set off great emotions in me, and I have to try...

I think I'm having a mid life crisis. I have been in a very loving relationship for 14 years and over the past month I have been having thoughts of straying. Now this is so beyond my personality that I think I may be having a mental...