The Itch

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The sensation has plagued her ever since she was a little girl.

It never goes away.

It hurts.

But most of all...

It burns.

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SockPuppet

SockPuppet #1 · Feb 22nd, 2021 · 7 · ·

Welp. I've gotta say. I saw the tags on this and clicked on it, expecting yet another piece of cliched "suicide/self-harm"-tagged new-column tripe.

Boy, was I ever wrong. This was very well written and carried a visceral energy. Good job.

Uz Naimat

Uz Naimat #2 · Feb 22nd, 2021 · 7 · ·

Words cannot describe how beautiful and gut-wrenching this piece was. Just take my upvote an let my cry in peace, please...

Dewdrops on the Grass

Dewdrops on the Grass #3 · Feb 22nd, 2021 · 5 · ·

I deal with my own mental health issues, which made reading this difficult, because I know what this feels like. I know this anxiety, this self-recrimination, this desire for self-harm.

I appreciate a quality story handling the subject well when it appears, because all too often people attempting to write it either have no idea what these feelings are really like, or handle it in a cliched at best manner. This story did neither of those things. This is both plausible and touching. You've done well here. Very well.

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