six to seven months ago i developed (gained? started experiencing?) a chronic health issue (functional disorder? illness?) and my life is markedly different and i feel so sad i cry 3-4 nights a week then i binge eat because i’m sad then i get sadder because i’ve binge eaten (and my disorder? illness? is a gut disorder so adds to pain) and i’m stuck in this horrible painful shame spirally life puncturing spiral and i’m aware of it all and my patterns and i don’t know how to get out and i was so afraid of hospitals because i spent most of my childhood in hospitals and now i’m back in them and i think about dying too often and i think about life and love not often enough and i’m sorry to a for being so sad all the time and leaving trash everywhere and i’m afraid i’m going to get fired and last night i was too sad to go to therapy so i lied to my therapist for a last minute cancellation and i sometimes wish a car would strike me in the middle of the street but those words aren’t true to me they’re true to a 17 year old me and i wish i could find the words of 38 year old me so i could get to some semblance of a normal life i’m tired of throwing food out then restocking the fridge then throwing it all out this isn’t normal i just want to be normal for one day





