Surviving addiction (A narration from an Uptown Ghetto Youth)

Fahad shares intimate details of his months of struggle and strength.

This is a wrenching but slight examination of his past life, having to cope with the depression umbrella.

Is this going to last forever? I don’t have the energy for people, friends. I don’t have energy at all. I fell out of love with everything.
Nobody understands me, I don’t even understand myself. I feel alone even when I’m surrounded by people.

Is this what life is supposed to feel like? Time is collapsing in on itself. Everything blends together to create one suffocating loop. It’s endless, overwhelming. I can’t breathe, does anyone even know what I’m going through? Do they even care? Sometimes it’s hard to find the right word. If you look deep into my eyes, you would have noticed the pain om trying to hide. Where were you when I needed you the most? I just want everything to stop, the hurting, the despair.

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