I wanted to tell people, "My depression is acting up today" as an excuse for not seeing them, but I never managed to pull it off.

Ned Vizzini
I wanted to tell people,
I wanted to tell people,
I wanted to tell people,
I wanted to tell people,
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I wanted to tell people that I was sad because I felt down or lonely, but I didn’t want to let anyone down. I wanted to be honest about my feelings, but I was afraid of being rejected. I wanted to say, “I have a bad feeling about today.” But instead, I always kept silent and pretended I was fine.

Source: Its Kind Of A Funny Story

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