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I Don't Hate Myself

This is a letter we received from a teen. Dec 2010

I learned something today. I don't hate my life or myself. I don't hate where I am. I don't hate the world or god or any of that. I hate the people who have been in and out of my life. I hate the people who put me down and make me think I hate myself. I hate the people who make me feel the only way to escape is death. I hate the people who have run me so dry of all my tears I now have to cut instead of cry.

I hate them so much. And the worst part is, today I learned I hate my mother and step-father. I hate them for what they have made of me. For making me think I'm worthless. For all the times I've cried because they say my grades aren't good enough and it's unacceptable. The times they say I'm not trying when I am. For all the name calling and my mother saying I'm dumb and never good enough.

I hate what my father did to me. Make me so afraid of everything. So afraid to find someone to love because I don't want to be abused.

I'm so sick of not having any escape. I can't even write anymore because I'm afraid they'll find my things and get angry. I'm so afraid to even live here.

No one knows how much help I need. The just see me as The shoulder to cry on. The girl who stays strong. The freak. The fool. The girl who no longer wants to live but has not the strength to end it. The girl who no longer has the courage to speak how she feels because what if they no longer like me. I need them to like me.

Oh god... What has happened to me? I have been left too many times... I just could never take it again. I need to cry but the tears won't come out. I never got scars from cutting before. I've always been good. Today I found the scars. All because I have no release. It shouldn't come to this. But it does.

Oh yes, I forgot to tell you... I prefer to be called ____ when I write. It's the me I want to be. The one no one controls. She's the real me who comes out when no one is around to put me down. I love her.

 

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