I lost all interest in my schoolwork, friends, reading, wandering or daydreaming. I had no idea what was happening to me, and I would wake up in the morning with a profound sense of dread that I was somehow going to have to make it through another entire day. I would sit for hour after hour in the undergraduate library, unable to muster enough energy to go to class. I would stare out the window, stare at my books, rearrange them, shuffled them around, leave them unopened, and think about dropping out of college. When I did go to class it was pointless. Pointless and painful. I understood very little of what was going on, and I felt as though only dying would release from the overwhelming sense of inadequacy and blackness that surrounded me. I felt utterly alone, and watching the animated conversations between my fellow students only made me feel more so.
written by An Unquiet Mind by Kay Refield Jamison (via attaches)
written by An Unquiet Mind by Kay Refield Jamison (via attaches)
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Silence is beautiful, not awkward. The human tendency to be afraid of something beautiful is awkward.
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written by Elliott Kay (via wathefuk)
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