I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This [But I'm Going to Anyway]

by Chelsea Devantez

When I began seeing Sophie, I told her that █████████████████████wasn’t that bad, my dad stuff was stupid, and that I was mostly over all of it, but I did need help with some flashbacks, nightmares, panic-inducing intrusive thoughts, and the constant, ever-nagging feeling that I shouldn’t be here. You know, small stuff!