Tuesday, September 29, 2015

The truth is....

The truth is, I'm hurting so badly, but I keep telling everyone that its fine.. and it is fine, as long as I'm not alone. I spend nearly every minute at least a little bit high. I've been pushing down the pain and telling everyone that 'Its fine..' for so long that I feel numb. But I'm so afraid that I'm going to lose that numbness soon..

I don't know what's wrong with me.. Am I insane? I can feel all of the pressures of life piling up and I just smoke another bowl and put off responsibilities. I know this is bad. I know its going to get me into trouble, but whenever I'm not high, I start to feel the emptiness.

I went to counseling today, but she only tells me things that I've had figured out for a while now. Like, "Maybe, your self-confidence issues have something to do with your family.."

.. No shit.. My mother calls me fat every time I go home, my brother once told me that he didn't think mom and dad would like me if I weren't their child, even our exchange students were loved more than me. I sound like a whiney little brat, don't I? I'm just so unhappy right now.. Oh well, it will be okay.

I'm fine.

XOXO,
April 

Friday, September 25, 2015

Hi there!!

Hey, pals!

My name is April, but you can call me April.

Soooo what can I tell you about me? I guess I'll start with the basics: I'm 19 years old, and I'm a college sophomore. I am currently trying to figure out what I want in life, and its kind of complicated, and I guess we will progressively see how that goes. I'm pretty chill, I guess. I like to have friends over to my apartment and hang out. I like to make people laugh, read books, watch Netflix, cook, smoke, drink wine, and learn shit!

I just got out of a two year relationship, about a week and a half ago. He was a really great guy, and I think he's the kind of guy that I would want to settle down with and grow old with and all that jazz. Buuuut I am nowhere near ready to settle down and grow old. I want adventure and travel and excitement galore!! I don't want to be tied down to one person, who, I'm honestly not even sure I'm in love with. Plus, I really enjoy having sex. Its just something that I want to do every day at least once, because it relieves stress, it's pleasurable, and I'm good at it! But The Ex was like, "Ehh once a week, and I'm good. Never multiple times a day."

Plus, The Ex was very very against drugs of any kind and even drinking a sip of alcohol. Also, he was set in his semi-conservative, no fun, ways. Whereas I am someone who wants to try everything at least once, and I want to constantly keep my mind open to new thoughts and ideas.

So now, I am just trying to understand who I am without him. I've learned a lot so far. I like to be around people. Not, like, a lot of people, but just a few friends in my apartment dicking around and having fun. I don't like to overthink things. The Ex was always looking at life as if it were a chess game. Every move carefully planned out; every word out of his mouth painstakingly mulled over. I would rather do whatever pops into my head, and say things that I think are funny, even if they are weird or whatever. I like to be different. I love acting and drawing and singing (even if I suck) and being creative. There are so many things in life that I had forgotten how to enjoy!

Not all of my lost interests actually had anything to do with The Ex, honestly though. I was recently diagnosed with depression, and I was put on medication for it. So I am kind of coming out of a nearly year-long fog. I've known that the little dark episodes that I have were depression for years, truth be told. I just dealt with it and covered it up because I didn't want to admit it. However, I was in a state of depression for so long this time that I had forgotten what it was like to feel 'normal'. I tried to make myself get help multiple times. I had to set up three counseling sessions before I finally had the balls to go to one. I'm so glad I did go, though!

Anyway, life is looking up, and now I have energy to do things that I enjoy, so I decided to start a blog. It seems like a way to expand my writing skills and my creativity. Thank you for reading it! I hope you have the best day ever!!

XOXO
April