This story deals with depression, anxiety disorders, suicide, cutting, rape, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), physical abuse, and flashbacks/triggers.
These are things that should not and will not be glamorized. It is not funny, it is not cute, and it is certainly not cool. Real people have some or all of these things that they deal with daily. Many people have lost loved ones to suicide, which could be caused by a multitude of things like depression and anxiety. It ruins lives of many people.
Suicide is not the answer.
The main character is also blind and LGBTQ+. People who have certain disorders and disabilities are more prone to having depression, suicidal thoughts, etc. Along with LGBTQ+ people as well. BUT, depression, anxiety disorders, suicide, cutting, rape, PTSD, physical abuse, and flashbacks/triggers can effect anyone of any age, race, gender, or sexuality. EVERYONE. Not just that "one emo kid" in your class.
Despite the fact that I don't suffer from PTSD, flashbacks, or triggers, and I have never been raped, and I am not blind, I will try my best to accurately represent these things.
Once again these thing are not funny. Anyone who has been raped, was not asking for it. Consent is always needed. Anyone who has been physically abused, was not asking for it. People who cut don't do it for attention. Suicide is not to be joked about. Depression is not a cool thing every teenager has. Anxiety disorders are not cute.
I, myself, someone who has depression, anxiety disorders, has cut, has thought about committing suicide, and is LGBTQ+, will be attempting to write these things as accurately as I can. Keep in mind that these things are not easy to portray. Everyone experiences it slightly or very differently than someone else will. In writing especially, I find it hard to portray anxiety as it has become something normal in my life. I experience attacks like many thoughts coming all at once. It is hard to make someone read multiple sentences at once though.
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