What should I do? — I failed to have close friends during my adolescence, which further drove me to anxiety, self-hatred, and body dysmorphia. As I got older, I found it easier to find friends and get along with even people that I couldn’t talk to when I was younger. The process was not easy…

I remember when I was trying to deal with anorexia nervosa, my father used to say, “if a person doesn’t love themself, they don’t love anyone.” I didn’t understand quite well what my father meant when he used to say that. …

Who’d love our sadness — Who’d understand our tears? Who’d think we weren’t our kindness? Who’d guess our joy was a void paradise? Please forget the sad old days Sadness is but vanity Everybody’s lost in the joy Happiness is a young monster We laughed because no one could understand tearing eyes Our smiles killed…

Our destiny (tw: themes of addiction and/or drug use) — I’ll enter your brain like weed’s smoke Ravage your ideas and thoughts As I consume your neurons and nerves I am fearful and never quit I go slow But I am unforeseeable I am a poison I can rip off your throat And invade your lungs But I prefer to…

The importance of self-care — When I was younger, I used to daydream a lot about my future. I often imagined who I would be when I grew up, how much money I would earn, the types of people I would be with as friends and partners, and so on. But happiness had never appeared…