{"id":294,"date":"2020-04-30T03:42:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T03:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/15-2\/?page_id=294"},"modified":"2020-04-30T18:08:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T18:08:03","slug":"how-to-not-kill-yourself-a-step-by-step-survival-guide-on-how-to-stay-afloat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/poetry\/how-to-not-kill-yourself-a-step-by-step-survival-guide-on-how-to-stay-afloat\/","title":{"rendered":"how to not kill yourself: a step by step survival guide on how to stay afloat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">by Nick Roberts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">(CONTENT WARNING: SUICIDE\/MENTAL HEALTH\/BLOOD)\u00a0<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">it\u2019s important to sleep. not too much but not too little&nbsp;i\u2019m&nbsp;not talking three hours or thirteen hours&nbsp;i\u2019m&nbsp;talking sleeping properly every night. you have to start eating. if you don\u2019t start eating your brain will turn to stone like one of medusa\u2019s victims &amp; your severed head will be on display in some obscure art museum in southern&nbsp;france&nbsp;for fat&nbsp;american&nbsp;tourists to take polaroid photos of which they will then print &amp; hang in their&nbsp;suburbian&nbsp;whitewashed living rooms like big game hunting trophies. you have to start doing your hair.&nbsp;i\u2019m&nbsp;talking washing drying cutting styling not covering with hats anymore&nbsp;i\u2019m&nbsp;talking doing your hair. also fucking stop bleaching it or it\u2019s going to fall out &amp; you are going to cry &amp; you\u2019ll be a mess &amp; there\u2019s nothing you can do about it. you can try to sew it back on but your scalp will bleed too much the red racing down your fingers cold &amp; anemic you\u2019ll have to press your lips to it just to taste it but then spit it out. it won\u2019t be like it used to be when you would sit in the bathtub &amp; do it so you\u2019ll get tired &amp; fall asleep again. it\u2019s also important to talk to someone. it\u2019s really fucking&nbsp;cliche&nbsp;but you need to talk to someone about it or no one will know when you\u2019re gone so it\u2019s time to talk to someone about it before you are gone because when you are gone people will ask questions about where you went &amp; why you went there &amp; everyone will just have to say that you went on a cruise to&nbsp;mexico&nbsp;to escape the frigid winter winds of the&nbsp;midwest&nbsp;your toes always buried in the warm beach sand.&nbsp; you have to start wearing clothes that aren\u2019t three sizes too big it\u2019s time to realize that your body is precious &amp; can be seen &amp; doesn\u2019t need to be covered in burial kimonos constantly. it\u2019s time to smile again &amp; no&nbsp;i\u2019m&nbsp;not talking no teeth smile&nbsp;i\u2019m&nbsp;talking full teeth smile full on white full on top on bottom no grinding this time just smile &amp; breathe &amp; let people love you it\u2019s important to sleep not too much but not too little it\u2019s important to eat it\u2019s important to love to live to learn to laugh to listen to live to live yes to live because if you don\u2019t live then why are you here you have to live it\u2019s crucial you live come on just give in &amp; just live stay alive you can do it this is&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">how to not kill yourself: a step by step survival guide to stay afloat&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">______________________&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">photos of&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">whitewashed live to&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; love&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">you&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">have to fall&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">out when whitewashed living cutting.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">if you have&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to start eat&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; it. you went &amp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; why are going cutting.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">if your&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">body is precious&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&amp; yourself: a step&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; by step by step by step by step by step by step by step&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; by step by step by step by step by step by step by step&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; by step&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">step by step by step by&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">step&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">step by step by&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">step by&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; step by&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">step by step by step by&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp; step by step&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; by&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp; step by step&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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