Today is October 13, 2020. I’m writing this confession to hopefully help others relate to how I feel. What can I say, I’m a 14-year-old girl living in a socialistic, toxic, and ruthless world, or what it seems like. I’ve always struggled with my mental health and looks but it has never gotten this bad. Social standards are at an all-time high and are dragging the imperfect down. The talk about mental health is so shallow that it leaves others and myself included, lost. We don’t know who to talk to or where to go without being judged and that’s causing a major surge in teen suicides. This past week I am at an all-time low and I don’t know if I’ll make it past Saturday. The problem is I want help but I don’t want to be labeled as the “mentally unstable” kid in school. I want to get better and be happy but I’m more scared of being judged by the people around me.
