“You HAVE To Understand!”
CHAPTER 11: DECEIT ichigonya CHAPTER 11: DECEIT ichigonya

“You HAVE To Understand!”

Growing up has made me realize a lot of things. One of them is that there really is no limit to how badly people want to excuse violence and abusive behavior of any kind. They are always looking for a reason. They are always fighting tooth and nail to justify someone beating the shit out of you, and a lot of it comes down to one thing they never seem to be able to extend your way.

Empathy.

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Scratching The Surface
CHAPTER 2: BLADE ichigonya CHAPTER 2: BLADE ichigonya

Scratching The Surface

 The year was 2017 when I started cutting myself. I was a second year student in higher secondary school, 17 years old. The autumn of that year was when I first noticed myself getting bad: the first symptoms of depression, soul-crushing anxiety, dissociation in math class – and the overwhelming urge to rip my skin apart. 

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