All Of The Things You’re Secretly Scared Might Be True*

2011 May 11

by JMH

Psst…and everyone else is scared of them, too.

That you’re unlovable
That you’ll never be happy or don’t even have the capacity to be so
That people are nice to you out of pity or duty, but not genuine affection
That if you really shared what you thought and how you felt, you’d be shunned
That you’ll die before accomplishing something to be proud of
That you’re so much more broken than everyone else you know
That you’ll never figure out what you want, or not figure it out in time to do something about it
That you’re a bad person
That everyone else gets “it” and you don’t and you never will and no one will ever get you, either
That your best effort isn’t enough
That you don’t deserve any of this
That you deserve all of this and worse
That it’s too late