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I wrote this tonight for my friend Bryony... to tell her that other people do understand the sheer desolation of being so lost in darkness that it feels like an expanse, universal sized wasteland that can't be escaped so she's not alone in the dark... to remind her that (although she'll know this, sometimes it helps to hear it again) our brains lie to us, trick us, deceive us. They erase how to be happy, pretend it didn't happen, pretend the sun doesn't exist. and for chunks of time we believe that, and then the sun pops out and we realise we're gonna be okay. We can't help that brains do this to us. We cant help when the darkness feels insurmountable. I don't expect you to. But take a big breath and try to remember (in the abstract memory way if not in the emotional way) all those times that were good, when you thought 'I got through all of that, and I'm glad, because today was awesome'. Those days are coming right back around, even if we can't perceive how.

But like I said, we can't help our brains do things. and I don't know the specifics of how each individual persons brain tricks them or is mean to them. All I can say is; you're not alone. I care. Other people care. We're in the dark but we're holding hands and one day the sun will come up

and you'll be like 'kate wtf, why are you holding my hand? get off me. GOD.'

" title="Heart" /> Also dedicated to Ellie, Laura, Kipsi, Amber, Lisa, Jolly, Simon and anyone who's lost right now. We'll be okay, even if our brains won't let us believe.

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