came across some of my posts from a few months ago and it’s scary just how quickly i’ve gone downhill without even noticing it. i wasn’t so obsessive over the things i said back in may. it didn’t take me 20+ minutes just to try and articulate words that would appease me. i’m even obsessing over how to word this and i’m probably going to wind up editing it a billion times. it’s gotten to the point where i’m almost considering leaving the forums; forcing myself to form sentences that i can’t and beating myself up over trying to articulate thoughts in a way that doesn’t leave me feeling unfulfilled is so ****ing frustrating.
people always say that things get better with time. but if that’s really the case, why do i continue to get worse with every passing year? when did i become an empty vessel rather than an actual human being? when the hell did i become an addict, for god’s sake, downing pills that make me feel like **** and for what? the ‘high’? the euphoria? do those 5 minutes of peace make up for the blurred vision, difficulty swallowing, auditory hallucinations?? i can’t sleep without assist anymore. my digestive system is shot. i can’t even bring this up to a doctor because i don’t know how to explain what’s going on. it’s really starting to feel like i’m dying and i’m not sure if that scares me or if it’s the possibility that i might actually live. i don’t know which is worse. i haven’t left my house in months. school is online. my mother is sick.
i thought the pandemic was beneficial to me for a while; that not having to leave my house was doing me a solid, that it gave me the chance to repair my mental health. but i was wrong. it did the opposite. i don’t really write anymore. i haven’t done my makeup in so long. my hair is completely and utterly knotted and i have no energy to brush it. i can’t even bring myself to brush my teeth ffs and at the rate i’m going, my teeth are either going to rot or it’ll kill me. i don’t know who i am. i don’t recognize myself at all and i don’t know how to get out of the hole that i’ve dug myself into.