I’ve been hurt so often that I started to believe people only left when things got tough. I pushed away anyone who got too close,

After my parents’ divorce, I felt like my world had shattered. I started to shut everyone out, pretending to be fine when I was anything

I remember being in high school and sitting in a classroom full of people but still feeling completely invisible. Like Jeremy, I would daydream about

There were days when I couldn’t even look in the mirror without feeling disgusted. I’d think about how I didn’t fit in or was never

I used to think I’d never find a place where I belonged. I felt like I was always on the outside, looking in. I kept