Inside every hoarder is a person waiting to be released.
Someone who is depressed usually knows what to do in order to get better but can't muster the energy to actually do it. To a depressed person, even a small job like getting out of bed or taking a shower can look overwhelmingly hopeless and impossible.
We were friends and confidants, yes - but he didn't owe me anything, had made me not a single promise, not even a false one. He could follow that green dress like a siren into the lake if he wanted. I had no hold on him
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Despite attending a nominally Christian school, I had not yet been inside a church - and I wasn't about to dare the deed now. I knew very little about the religion
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The kids started calling him Patty when his real name is Patrick. And "Nothing: told these kids, "Listen, you either call me Patrick, or you call me nothing
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