(4/16/24) I’ve realized rather recently that I actually, am, quite an anxious person. and I’ve felt this forever, an uncomfortable restlessness. like growing pains that would have me kicking and writhing under my mother’s sheets.
it’s funny, its like, l’ll be having a perfectly fine time just doing whatever but then it’s as if I’m, I dunno, just sort of drowned or consumed by all of these things that are too much. anyways!
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