I Knew I Was in Trouble When I Got Sick of the Sound of My Own Self-Soothing
“You’ll get through this,” I told myself. “It won’t always be that way.” And immediately felt annoyed.
“You’ll get through this,” I told myself. “It won’t always be that way.” And immediately felt annoyed.
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