It is difficult to function. My birthday is about a week beyond the day itself. This is the first time I have begun to acknowledge it, instead of going catatonic and shutting down. I feel like I have opened a dark portal, and it is always there with me.
I try to do little things with my time to disconnect from the dark portal and ward it away. When I become too tired to take care of anything, I give myself robotic commands to keep things going. It’s better than standing still.
I wrote his...

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