They start innocuously.copyright protection267PENANAvVYBXs0WSq
A passing jabcopyright protection267PENANArtWjpWwlcI
An occasional remarkcopyright protection267PENANA8DmkD5DUYs
Daring each other to ask me out but rarely doing it.271Please respect copyright.PENANA2JuxX3q6kY
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Sometime-I can't remember when-it gets worsecopyright protection267PENANARccjY06QeL
Individual events get blurry, but the idea is the same.copyright protection267PENANAXKulpqpZ6l
They mock mecopyright protection267PENANAUm9QkKbj95
They ask me out more, laughing and watching each other to make sure it happenscopyright protection267PENANALEd7wv1RDO
Every time I respond,copyright protection267PENANAUYo1gD5HZe
No matter how I respondcopyright protection267PENANAKnLCyvpdiq
Is taken as a joke, either on me or others271Please respect copyright.PENANAOkXCWvd5AH
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The worst part is always a blur.copyright protection267PENANABlzOWAykhp
They mock me when I had a high fever for a week and couldn't come to schoolcopyright protection267PENANAidgD11Apch
They mock me when I read to escape their torturecopyright protection267PENANAu8RDBlbPVW
They mock me when they ask me outcopyright protection267PENANAaVDUAVkPxa
They mock me for the things I enjoycopyright protection267PENANAMwc8XnI2P0
They mock me for being a reader of books, a writer of poems, a watcher of psychology videoscopyright protection267PENANAd4Ed92QjgR
They ask me out, I explain why I say no, and they twist my words against mecopyright protection267PENANAY55IszcHq4
They start calling me a lesbiancopyright protection267PENANAr4qsCGa6SP
And the dam breakscopyright protection267PENANAhPnnDEj8MH
What happens after that...I can barely remember even with great effort.copyright protection267PENANAdcl0TqZzmx
My mind just can't handle the pain I went throughcopyright protection267PENANAoUFWeCkioG
Someone flippantly says they're "so depressed" for feeling sad one day.copyright protection267PENANAfaQuUlv7Hm
I hold my tonguecopyright protection267PENANAq7sLjZuMCA
But ask if they've ever felt a void where their emotions should becopyright protection267PENANAdsaY5vvgC1
If they've ever felt sad for dayscopyright protection267PENANA34AUU86RSh
If their only hope was to escape for a few hourscopyright protection267PENANAHdK484uHk0
Before being dragged into the real world againcopyright protection267PENANAdVFQEBkxHV
Just wanting everything to stop, just for a little while, so you can pick up the pieces againcopyright protection267PENANAriXmN4knpx
Sure, depression shows up differently in different people,copyright protection267PENANAF6dV8Sc4kX
But neurotypicals never show the real symptomscopyright protection267PENANA3YpI5j7m7G
There was a boycopyright protection267PENANAQcHfcfRoNu
A seniorcopyright protection267PENANAfbsw7ddsct
He killed himself my sophomore yearcopyright protection267PENANAiTlZKsVPY5
Everyone might tell me to not talk about itcopyright protection267PENANAscQzIXQxQW
But I have tocopyright protection267PENANAXhQJhw7Oxa
Everyone is walking on eggshells,copyright protection267PENANA6nWEd2oBi1
Not talking much to their friends, let alone mecopyright protection267PENANAtGEg7eL9w1
No one can say the wordcopyright protection267PENANAep51cpBt0V
Even the teachers are sombercopyright protection267PENANAYNb2zKZvmb
I want to scream,copyright protection267PENANAzO4nT5x0p3
"I've been there, I know, you can't understand, though you may try, unless you go through it yourself!"copyright protection267PENANAmWPrO0O8JO
Everyone seems to be asking why,copyright protection267PENANAZjRVjx8Hz2
And my only response is "For him, there was no other way out"copyright protection267PENANAdLDRfnXQX5
But no one asks.copyright protection267PENANA9uKkSI2vMv
The egg-shell pieces of my composure are smashed under their feet.271Please respect copyright.PENANAXqiBQMULAV
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The anxiety attacks set in,copyright protection267PENANAGRI4V7RrFE
And I can't cope with my triggerscopyright protection267PENANART4v6gQych
Any morecopyright protection267PENANAwvKdVB2ei0
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