Dear Diary,



I’m not okay.

For as long as I can remember I have always had this void in my life. This empty feeling deep, deep inside me, that you can’t quite shake. No matter how hard you try. It just sorts of stays and consumes the life within you. You seem to have great happy moments. And just when you think everything is getting better. Surprise…the feeling always comes back. It’s just a matter of time. There is this constant frustration to fill this void. Wish to find something that could ease the pain. What’s the cause? Nobody knows. Yet you feel exactly the same emptiness every single day. It leaves you feeling so empty and down like you are missing something somehow. Something that’s a part of me, and once I have it I’ll be happy. I just need that one thing, that special key. Answer to all this mixed nothingness. And once I get my hands on it, I’ll be complete; because I tried everything…friends, education, material stuff. And no matter how hard I try it never seems to be enough. I know how people tell me that I need to think more positively or the solution to all my problems is self love. It’s not as simple as that, especially when you’ve got to the point where you feel numb. I so badly want to fill my house with so much happiness that it just takes all my sadness away. My childhood was so dark and angry that I always thought that in my adult life…things would change. Somehow I wouldn’t feel that same; and I don’t. Things aren’t that intense anymore but there is no denying that the feeling is always there, and it’s something I can’t explain. I just wish it would go away…

I always thought that when I grow up, things would be different. I just thought………things would be different?!. You look at other people and they always seem so happy. And I know looks can be misleading. But when you are so empty, you can’t help but look and think…why can’t that be me? Why can’t that be me? Just cause I want that. You so desperately want that. And you feel like you will get that sooner or later because you seem to be doing all the right things. You go out, hanging around with friends, talking and laughing, dancing to silly music. And in that moment everything seems great. You. Are. Happy. But sooner or later that feeling goes away…and the emptiness kicks in. I tend to feel it a lot at night. That’s when I write. Sometimes I’m so overwhelmed with emotion that all I do is cry. And I don’t know why…makes me feel like something is wrong with me. And it’s hard to admit but easier to pretend. So that’s what I say; I’m fine. The feeling of losing control just hits you out of nowhere. It just gets so messed up in my head sometimes. It’s not like you can escape it, not when it’s happening in your mind. So you beat yourself up and you beat…yourself up. Till you feel so…small. Sometimes you can be in a room full of people, and still feel so alone. I can put up an act and pretend to be tough, but deep down I’m not brave enough.

You can feel so small in this big, big world that all I have are my words to keep my sense of control. These writings are my therapy you know?... A way of pouring my soul out, in hopes that will make me feel better. And somehow fill this empty hole. There is no cure. No quick way to fix it. It’s just something I’ve learnt to live with. But it’ll get easier and of that I’m sure. 


 Tc xo

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