Author's Message

Throughout my writing process, the topics of my own emotional anguish and the events that untied the knot of the pain I kept locked up appear repeatedly. I kept this in mind as I continued to write and used my writing as a coping mechanism to help me with my unstable mentality. Each chapter is connected to show events, emotions, and the pain I have experienced over the year so far. Emotions and psychological themes are a huge part of my writing due to my interests in the subjects and due to my troubles related to said themes. With these themes in mind, I used my trauma, sadness over a breakup, and my times of overthinking to write poems and narrations to show how my pain has affected me. I took a personal route in my writing to share a story of struggles as well as a story of strength. I did this both for myself, and so I can share more about myself with my readers and show them that even the simplest events can affect someone. I wanted to teach my readers how certain disorders like Depression and Anxiety work, and I feel that if someone else feels the same way, they won't feel alone when reading my pieces. At the start of writing this book, I felt lost in what I should write about as well as who I am as a writer. Overtime, I started to see how different my writing was from others and felt encouraged when critiques as well as compliments on my writing by my family and friends. Usually these themes are a little too personal or are too much information to some but for me, I feel very comfortable sharing my emotions and my experiences with others. I've noticed that it helps me create a sense of understanding towards myself and it allows others to see the darker parts of life. I usually try to have a cynical theme to my writing as well, by using the tone into the narrator, I feel that the tone goes very well with the subjects of the poems and my non-fiction writings. My narrations and poems are dark but I feel that such themes can suck a person in if used correctly, which I feel I did do. Each chapter is unique and each connects due to specific themes they share and I feel proud of the stories and poems I have put so much time and effort into. I hope this book can help others know that feeling sad, anxious, or other emotions related is okay and that you will get through it with time.