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Weekly Contest #363
This excerpt will contain themes such as self-harm and suicide, while addressing the role mental health plays in these. If you are or anyone you know has dealt with this, may this short story hopefully offer you hope in reaching out and never staying silent within your own mind. You are not alone. You are loved. "I'm fine. Really! I'm fine." I gazed up from the book in my hand to my best friend sitting across from me. These two words were used all too often. To the mailman who noticed my shoes were on opposite feet. To my neighbor who coul...
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