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31 lines
780 B
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date: 2019-08-18
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weight: 25
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Growing up, I had a real problem with lying.
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> There were reasons.
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That doesn't mean it wasn't a problem. That doesn't make it right.
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> It shifts more into the gray area.
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Let's talk about dad later. Life began at high school, remember? We can talk about the kid who grew up to be born freshman year some other time.
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> The problem with lying is often the problem of secrets. The only secret that can be kept is when only one person knows it, and even then it's not guaranteed.
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Yes.
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> And you got found out.
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Yes.
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> And it cost you.
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Yes. It cost me friends. It cost me sanity. It made me jerk away from the path I'd started down. Made me jerk out of focus again.
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> Let's talk about TIASAP.
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<a class="pulse" href="/self-harm">Yes</a>.
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