It\u2019s okay to be broken.<\/span> It\u2019s okay to be broken,<\/span> But when you\u2019re broken,<\/span> What\u2019s worse than being broken is to have been broken by the people that you care about.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n They tell you things that they don\u2019t think will effect you in any way personally.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n They expect you to be perfect and to give yourself to everything that appears before you.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cFriends\u201d and peers may tease you relentlessly, just ignore you, or never take you seriously.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n After trying again and again to be the best person that you can be, you finally realize that you may never be enough.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Family, \u201cfriends\u201d and other random people assume that you\u2019re fine.<\/span> How do you explain to those you care about that you\u2019re not okay, but they\u2019re part of the reason that you\u2019re broken?\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n You can\u2019t. Not without hurting them and tearing apart your relationships with them.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cGo and get help\u201d people may say. But it\u2019s not that easy. Because now you have trust issues and you either don\u2019t open up at all to anyone or you end up over-sharing every portion of your life.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n You don\u2019t like telling people about your struggles. They\u2019ll either think you are overreacting or not care enough to stay. Or it may be the complete opposite and they may try and admit you to a mental hospital.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n So you just shove it deep down within yourself and you bottle it up. You keep the lid on as tight as you can.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n You can\u2019t cry in front of others because you\u2019ll be seen as weak and vulnerable. Or maybe you\u2019re an ugly crier and you don\u2019t want them to see. Or, even worse, you\u2019ll see the pity on their faces when they look at you and treat you differently because you\u2019re \u201cunstable\u201d.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n You have voices in your head that don\u2019t ever seem to shut up and they argue every single TIME you break down.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhy can\u2019t you be like this? What is your problem? Get over it! So pathetic. Why are you sad right now? You have no reason to feel this way.\u201d These are only a few things that they can say.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n You yell at them to stop, but they never go away. You\u2019d do anything to make them stop, but you can\u2019t. Because you promised yourself you wouldn\u2019t ever try to hurt yourself as a distraction. But even that is a hard promise to keep.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n You can\u2019t breathe, you can\u2019t breathe, you can\u2019t\u2014<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Calm.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Collect yourself. Your thoughts. Your feelings. Shove them down again and put the lid back on the jar. Turn off everything and let it go blank.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n You\u2019re fine.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n You always are.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Samantha Bath It\u2019s okay to be broken. That\u2019s what I told my best friend\u00a0 While she was having a breakdown.\u00a0 It\u2019s okay to be broken, Because no one was made to be perfect.\u00a0 But when you\u2019re broken, Everything seems to hurt, No matter how big or small the issue is.\u00a0 What\u2019s worse than being broken Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":0,"parent":25,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-176","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":758,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/176\/revisions\/758"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/span>That\u2019s what I told my best friend\u00a0<\/span>
\n<\/span>While she was having a breakdown.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Because no one was made to be perfect.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Everything seems to hurt,<\/span>
\n<\/span>No matter how big or small the issue is.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>They take your silence as a sign that you\u2019re okay.<\/span>
\n<\/span>But the truth is, you\u2019ve never felt so lost and alone in your life.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n