Others: I love you.
Me: *turns funny colour, goes shy* Why?
Voices: You think they actually care about you? THINK AGAIN! They hate you! They will never love you because you simply cannot be loved! You are a waste of space and everyone is glad that they aren’t you!
Others: You’re so pretty.
Me: I’m not perfect and I’m not sure what you are seeing, but I’m glad of it.
Voices: They’re lying! You are the ugliest thing to ever walk this Earth! You are gross! They’re only telling you this so that you don’t feel as ugly as you truly are!
Others: I will NEVER leave you.
Me: I’ll try not to hold on so tight that you want to.
Voices: You know how that works out, sweet heart! Everyone that has meant something to you has left you. EVERYONE. These people will do the same! Might as well be lonely forever.
Others: Please don’t kill yourself, I’ll miss you.
Me: Just hearing that helps me not do it.
Voices: ~laughter~ You think they’re being honest with you? Watch, you’ll kill yourself and a week after your death EVERYONE will have gone back to their normal lives. Nobody cares about you! Nobody ever will! They’re all lying to you!
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Me: The voices in the back of my mind aren’t the real me.