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The world is cruelTriggerwarning:Child neglect, child abuse, substance abuse, suicideThat was the first thing I learned. I don't know how I got this information: Maybe it was when my father turned to nothing but a ghost; maybe it was when my mother became the person she never wanted to be.It doesn't matter.The world is cruel.I already knew that, even when I didn't knew the word 'cruel' or how big the world is.The thing I knew, even at the rip age of seven, was that no one deserved to be hit by their parents and that no one should be separate...
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