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(_) dude.

chill out.

relax your body, one limb at a time.

legs first.

the left one.

the right.

arms.

shoulders.

good.

stuff is fine.

you're okay.

you can be okay, if you want.

you need to try, though.

it's probably not as scary as you think.

not that you would know, but that's what everybody says.

you can't stay like this forever.

it just doesn't work that way.

that is what you think, right?

because it's probably true, even if you think it.

it'll be okay, really.

or at least better, hmm?

you know you don't want to feel better, but you should.

that's what people want, as a rule.

or they should.

you shouldn't want to feel like shit.

so get over it, please.

realize that there's nothing to be afraid of.

nobody's going to reject you, damnit.

okay, well, they are.

or they might.

but chill out, because the world isn't going to crash on your head even if they do.

okay?

yeah.

please do the good thing instead of hiding from life.

love and loathing,
self.
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