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꒰✧ᯇ✦꒱ DON'T BE SORRY FOR LEAVING AND GROWING OLD || ch. 3
ᯇ summary ! ✦ Jack Kelly finally gets out of New York and makes something of himself. Though, he's never been good at goodbyes and David won't answer his letters. || read full thing on ao3 now WRITTEN FOR THE NEWSIES FIC EXCHANGE ᯇ warnings ! ✦ cussing & angst 396 WORDS © 2023 , 𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐰𝐛𝐨𝐲
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Jack never got a letter back from David. It had been a year since he wrote the first letter, and he had sent many more since then.
Dear David,
My first letter might have gotten lost. Or maybe you chose not to answer it, and that’s fair. I forgot to mention that I’m married. I am. Her name is Darla. We’re not in love.
I thought I was in love with her. But she knew I wasn’t. I feel bad. I didn’t know I was hurting her.
We still live together. I love her, she loves me. But we’re not in love.
It took me a while to realize it, she realized it far sooner.
If you ever get a chance to see my paintings, you’ll know what I mean.
Sincerely,
Your Cowboy
Dear David,
My paintings have changed a lot from when you knew me. They’ve changed a lot since I moved out here, too. I think you’d like them.
Tell the boys I’m sorry. They didn’t deserve me. I’m sorry.
You were right. I ruined myself.
Jack Kelly
Some of his letters were pages long, others had less than five sentences. None of them ever received a response. Darla watched as he deteriorated.
His art had reached its peak. It was showcased in different countries and paintings he sold at local café’s skyrocketed in prices. After a short two years of painting, he decided he was ready to retire.
“Are you sure, Jack?” Darla asked. “Since the first day I met you, this life has been your dream. Are you really ready to give it up?”
“Darla, all this life does is remind me of the one I left behind. I just want to be done with it. It was never worth it.” Jack frowned.
At the grand opening of the Santa Fe Museum: Home of the Cowboy, Jack officially announced his retirement. The halls of the museum were filled with his art, along with works inspired by him and other small artists in their town. His last piece, his kiss goodbye to the world he had longed for, would sit in the middle of the building. It would be illuminated by lights and have a plaque naming the piece ‘an end of an era.’
Jack knew that there was no other way to end his career than with the way he started it.
#we're almost there#only two more to go#i still havent re-read it#im scared to#bc im scared ill hate it but#whatevs#newsies#jack kelly#david jacobs#javid#javey#newsies fics#javids fic#˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳ newsies // fics ❥#˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳ newsies // leaving & growing old ❥#newsies fic exchange
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being too weird and unlikable and off putting and always being shunned and turned into an outcast everywhere i go and not having felt the connection and healing friendship has on you for so many years has really done a number on me
#irl mostly. but even online. i cannot connect or find communities or support systems the way most of u can#even if i do have found great connections and one connection in particular im more than grateful for#but i have had so much of my humanness torn off for so long that i am awkward and useless in handling it#but yeah idk :/ im just so profoundly jealous of how everyone can just fit into a slot#even online when ppl talk abt being anxious and stuff they still have ppl to talk to#or ppl irl to hang out with and im like.. wow... i cant even do that :/#it is just so lonely in general. and it has made me confused and incapable of knowing how to be a human#and fully realise and actualize the one connection i do have#if i had gotten to learn and now know how to be a human and a person i would've... been a person#but now i feel so removed and far away from that idek how...#like im at a point where i cant even have simple and shallow conversations online bc im like so useless#maybe only other ppl with avpd and who have been socially rejected and isolated and alienated can fully understand what i mean#it is so scary and weird and i feel such deep envy for how people can just like... talk to eo. irl and online. i dont get it#and like the connection i do have that i mention bc it is so important to me.. that does all of those things#but it is like im so not used to anyone even keep wanting to have a connection with me#that i feel like bambi on ice 💀 for lack of a better metaphor#and inside of me idk how to dare to open up to it bc i've been numb and shut off i just dont know#i dont know. but i want to but idk how.#ahhhhhh wanna scream bc just trying to describe it so i can make sense of it is frustrating!!!!#it also sucks bc other ppl really dont seem to get how fkn weird and scary it is to feel so removed from humanness#and not even be able to do most basic human people things most ppl who are mentally ill or anxious do.. i cant even do that idk#talking and communicating is the main thing like ppl do not understand how fkn hard it is for me to even have a simple convo#and i cant explain it bc theres no way someone who doesnt feel the same and have avpd could get it...#but idk. i just hate all of this and i wish i had a normal functioning brain. i just wanna be like everyone else#even ppl w social anxiety are capable of having friends. and im terrified of losing the only connection i've somehow been lucky to get#in my hands??? im so scared of losing that but idk HOW to be a person and idk!!! idk!!#other ppl dont even think abt these things im so fkn jealous lmao#anyway whatever 😔
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#very very excited about surgery like i know in a year it wont even be an issue and ill be extra happy i did it#I've kinda gotten past the anesthesia fear and i lived thru the MRI needle in my awrm so#the IV wont be too horrendous.#so right now my biggest worry is the After....#ive seen ppl say they were mostly resting in bed for like 2 or 3 days#and after that they just had to take it easy to get around but idk. im so nervous about That Part.#+ i cant. fall asleep on my back. lol. im terrified#i rly hope im so exhausted on that first day that i jst knock out upon getting home ykwim#being too aware of pain in the body makes me feel cornered in it sometimes ykwim. like i want to jump out of it ! nervous#i rly hope it doesnt hurt too bad!!!!!!! i know ppl say it feels like sore abs after workout but idk. idk nervous#talkys#especially since i have work to do! i hate feeling lazy. i dont even take naps bc i feel like its laziness i cant be out of commission for#a couple of days. WAH.#my friend had an adjacent surgery and said she woke up in a lot of pain! they obvs administered pain management#immediately but oh god. ykwim. im scared of waking up in a lot of pain being in a lot of pain
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you cannot exhume a soul
— "Either he will rise up in the light of truth, or … perish in hatred, taking vengeance on himself and on everyone else for his having served that in which he does not believe" (The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky tr. McDuff, p. 837)
#the brothers karamazov#ivan fyodorovich karamazov#alyosha fyodorovich karamazov#aleksey fyodorovich karamazov#first line is a lyric from god is dead? by black sabbath bc if im gonna inflict my art on yall then im also gonna inflict my music taste#sorry i keep drawing ivan sweaty and miserable it will happen again#his w/ill g/raham arc just goes too hard i cant help it#also i hate that alyosha cut his hair short and took off the cassock bc now i have to choose between textual accuracy and his objectively#cooler fit from the beginning of the book#the cassock and long hair solos sorry!!!#anonart#ivan#alyosha#also i bought a copy of c&p bc tbk is the first dostoevsky ive read so expect me to be annoying about that soon probably#also also i want to draw ivan w horns and a tail and alyosha w wings and a halo but im scared of fandomificating them.#plus idk what id draw dmitry with#anyway lmk if u want to see that bc i am incredibly susceptible to peer pressure#GODDAMN I TALK A LOT TAGS OVER SORRY
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ohhhhmygod im gonna be sick. actually nauseous and i did it to myself - there was a spider on the countertop and i Panicked, grabbing the first distance-killer i could grab. it was a grease cleaner spray. i buried it in the stuff, walked away to recover mentally, came back
it fucking fell apart and dissolved into the cleaner. i both feel horrible and im disgusted beyond words. how the fuck do i get rid of it
#slamming my face into a wall repeatedly#i cant leave it there to deal with after Sleep#bc my cats like to go onto the countertops when no one is looking#and i dont want either of them to get poisoned#but i cant rinse it into the sink with the faucet hose bc there's stuff in the sink#but idk if i can bring myself to do dishes with That next to me#and my fear of spiders is so intense that i Cannot get close enough to take care of it with a towel or somethin#im very good at fucking myself over in various ways!#if i had an appetite id lose it. permanently#what if! instead of dealing with it! i curl up in a corner and cry#except im not gonna do that ive filled my tears quota for the year & doing nothing wont help anything#sorry for venting again i just. ohhhhh this is horrible this is Terrible#if i still had my whacking stick id tape a big wad of paper towels to the end and clean the mess up that way#from a Distance!#absolutely unprompted#i wish i wasnt so terrified of spiders#they scare me So much....#the point of feeling physically ill! and like sobbing! or panicking! and this spider was Big!#i wish they'd stop coming into the house.... i hate killing them but i cant function knowing theyre there#but i can't force myself close enough to put them in a cup and bring them outside#so now i have THAT on my counter. disintegrated spider.#life is too fucking much lately... jesus.... i should really just bite the bullet and get this shit over with#no use waiting a month in perpetual terror unease and guilt. do it scared yk yk#im tired of my chest hurting and not being able to eat! i dont like it! i need change! terrifying horrible change!
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i wanna cry i rlly hate being new to things
#literally tearing up and crying i hate this#i didnt rlly care much at first until i realised a lot of ppl DONT like new fans#im so sad rn i absolutely hate being new to things or to people and feeling so left out#i feel like ill just never get it or compare to fans that have been fans for fucking years#like ppl r thinking of gatekeeping and just not helping new fans i saw and im just sick and even scared idk why#maybe in thinking too much into this. im sorry.#sorry for this kind of vent omg i just idk i feel sick#yes this is about motor city machine guns#i wish i have gotten into them sooner. thanks a lot to my tribalist of a dad who thought tna sucked bc it wasnt wwe.#punkoween yaps#vent
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Anyone else remember the little 88x31 buttons from older internet days? I've been remembering them a lot lately.
I make ffxiv ones in msp when I'm in queue or my bf is flying me around between quests.
#shoutout to anyone else who actually uses leg graze#i originally did just the two korpokkur but i made the yukinko this afternoon and its easily my favorite of the 3#and i love the moogles but they dont really fit as a button? maybe i should just make a few more stamps as a series#im not happy with the tomestone - the circuitry feels out of place to me. i want to find some other way to frame it in the button#carrots was last night because we were working on lopporit msq :3#i love the goobbue. i love goobbues ever since ffxi they're so chill#i wanna make a version of the rotting goobbue in amdapor#i love that one too#my art#88x31#idk what to tag this... its technically pixal art but i always have imposter syndrom bc i see people do INCREDIBLE pixel art illustrations#and this is just like... myspace webring hobbyist stuff#ffxiv#ill post them on twitter and bsky when i do a few more i think - right now theyre only in my carrd#and carrd makes them look really crunchy. im scared what tumblr is gonna do to them when i hit post#and i just really really really hate the sound /sweep makes - i think it should count as griefing to afk in public spaces doing it#but thats just my unpopular opinion as someone with audio sensitivity. the emote should not loop
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hello beautifuls, i got a job offer last week in [redacted] and i’m so grateful and excited to be… making money again! and to finally have my own place and fix it up to my taste and get 2 cats 🥹 there’s a job in [redacted] w the same exact salary range and i’m really hoping i get it bc it’s a much more desirable hot girl walkable city. my final interview for that job is next wednesday send hot girl city job offer vibes my way pls
#either way i’m so excited to be getting out of texas. i have a love hate relationship w my city bc it’s 90% mexican and frankly moving#either cities means i will mostly be surrounded by white people and i’m not even trying to be funny when i say that scares me a lil#i remember the first time my big sis and i visited new jersey and when we were walking around the town i looked at her and went ‘i’ve never#seen this many white people in my life’ and her eyes got big and she said ‘i was thinking the exact same thing’. like there’s safety and#security in being constantly surrounded by other mexicans/latinos but alas. it’s time to get out of the comfort zone and make some schmonie#the salary is very good i think but then again i probably don’t feel as impressed or wowed as i should bc i think i deserve 1 million#dollars an hour. and i don’t have imposter syndrome in fact i have i deserve it syndrome. i worked hard for everything i’ve earned so far#and im an amazing operations manager so yeah pay up bozo better yet? offer me more money :~] i actually did try negotiating the salary and#they were like well no. but we still want to extend the original offer LMAO i was like ok. i deserve it but ok#then i got a second job offer like the day after but they were offering $15k less and i was like hmm maybe this current job offer is pretty#good overall. so i denied it obviously and accepted the other one but i’m still holding out on the hot girl city job offer.#ill tell yall the cities once everything i said and done. send hot girl city vibes my way pls xoxooxo#thank you loves you all. walkable city here i come (i hope)!#mine
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anyway having to call an ambulance is so very stressful what the fuck is up with that.
#rai.txt#im. like. i havent yet processed yesterday fully honestly.#what do i do with myself.#is that woman like gonna be okay like???#surprisingly i wasnt scared abt talking on the phone which was weird bc i fucking hate talking on the phone#shit is weird#and also my dad said hes never had to call the emergemcy services ever. and hes like. late 50s. which wild.#anyway im still super freaked out by it tbh and if i think abt it too much ill cry so. im gonna shut up now
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Natsume Is a Cat (pt. 3)
If anyone is looking at this nonsense... thanks. Isn't the world golden on our side of things? Let's get back to it, to our academic and scholarly research!
Where were we? Onto cats likes and dislikes?
Cats don't much like water. They don't care for swimming and avoid it when possible (that doesn't mean they're dirty though; cats are very good at self-grooming).
Water bugs them, after all.
But the dark doesn't! Cats have a tapetum lucidum in their eyes which lets them see in the dark, so there's nothing to fear even in total darkness.
They tend to underestimate their weight and enjoy sitting on chests if they so choose, even if the person they're sitting on doesn't like it as much.
I had to include this because my cat Phoebe does this to me every night.
But they don't really like going places. They would prefer to do nothing.
You can try to make them, but they revert back to inaction. Always.
Natsume does nothing all the time. It's his favorite thing to do.
Cats also typically dislike when they're introduced to a new cat in their home. Especially at first, they might be cruel to the new cat, but in time, they might get attached.
Cats do this often. They look at you, spot your interest, and then run, for the sole purpose of making you chase them. They do this on purpose. They like the chase. They will stop and let you pet them eventually but they need to play the game first. I'm not making this up. This is true.
And to wrap things up, I will conclude with pages I had in my folder with unclear captions that I saved too long ago and now no longer remember where I was going with them.
Titled, "catlike". I agree, but I can't explain it.
Titled, "gives cat vibes." Don't know what that's supposed to mean. He does look like a black cat here though.
Titled, "hes a cat i can tell". Very unhelpful to me. I guess it's just a vibe?
"hes a cat what do u want me to say" Well, past!Anya, I want you to say specifically where you were going with this. But I'll bite. He does seem like a cat here.
"omg just like a cat". Have no idea if this is about what Aoi is saying (misunderstood and thought of as scary, like a cat) or Natsume in the background doing fuck all. Maybe both. Either way, I agree.
And to finally finish off, let's discuss the fact that the person he gets along best with is Ruka, who has the animal pheromone alice. Unlike literally every other person on the planet, Natsume has never been angry at Ruka. He loves Ruka. He always loved Ruka. Natsume is a cat.
(This is clearly a joke. Natsume is not nice to Ruka because he's under the affect of animal pheromones. Because Natsume is a human being. But it's a funny joke. Their friendship is very clearly authentic and beautiful. Natsume is kind to Ruka because Ruka is perfect and has never done anything wrong ever, in his life.)
BONUS
Not related to cat stuff, but this one was funny:
"AND HERE COMES NATSUME WITH THE STEEL CHAIR!"
Okay I'm done now! Thanks so much for reading this silly nonsense rambling. It was fun to put together and I hope it was a fun read too! Have a great day/night. I'm very tired and this took longer than I thought it would, so I'm going to sleep. Love y'all <3
Also, in case y'all missed the first two parts, they are as follows:
Part 1. or Part 2.
#hyuuga natsume#natsume hyuuga#gakuen alice#alice academy#ga#ga meta#ga meta: manga#my meta#natsume is a cat#maybe one day ill be stupid enough to put together similar arguments for what animals other characters are#mikan is a puppy i think. ruka is a rabbit but also idk much abt bunnies#hotaru could be a cat but i kinda wanna give her a stranger and more unique animal somehow#tsubasa is a dog like i said#anyway yall can send me suggestions and we can talk about it but idk much about animals that arent cats bc#as u might have guessed i am a cat person#im scared of dogs actually (but i DO NOT HATE THEM) so i stay away from them usually but im sure i could some day make similar posts#at least for mikan#anyway good night yall love u
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Since this has been my pinned for awhile, and I like it, I'll just say commissions are technically open,, PayPal Zelle or uh Identity V top up since comms would probably go to that anyway,,, I'll still draw for free if I can stare at Warden btw I want him bad ,,, or skinshare me True Proof she's so aughhh<3,,, former A badge Barmaid cough cough hehe..
My discord is: mymalewives
Dumb dumb talks about lazy price ↓
Bust : sketch $1 - line $3 +color $1
Waist/thigh up : sketch $3 - line $5 +color $3
Full body : sketch $5 - line $10 +color $5
+ character x2
Idk it's whatever I guess I'll draw for a dollar 🙏 I just want idv money,,,
#PLEASE#SOMEONE TAKE MY OFFER PLEASE#We can play together..#i swear im good at demi#i just lag sometimes#PLEASE I USED TO BE A BADGE#im only b badge bc i hate rank#and hate having a badge#it scares me#LEMME STARW AT WARDEN#PELASE#PELASM#I SWEAR I CAN DRAW PLEASE#ILL DRAW FOR AS LOMG AS YOU NEED#PLEASEM#identity v#alva lorenz#idv hermit#idv warden#Alva Lorenz Warden#idv
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jensen in one of his smiley cuddley moods,, disgusting
#i hate when hes like this. what happend.#joking these moments are so special to me. they are so fleeting.#its not his demeanor at all but if hes fully relaxed and usually unmasked to a certain degree he will get like this occasionally#also when hes high. and very drunk. but those are not the times im talking about#i love when bryce is minding his business and jensen just walks up and gives him a hug. bc he does NOT like physical touch#doesnt matter who it is its just not for him. but occasionally he will ask for it#and bryce stands there like okay if i move at all ill scare him off so i will stand utterly still. yk. like you would w a cat.#bryce lahela × jensen valentine#jensen valentine
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I HAVE A SURPRISE FOR YOUUUUUU!!!!!!
REALLY NO WAY OMG
#☆— inbox#☆— amor <3#LET ME FINISH RANTING ABOUT UR WORK AND THEN ILL BE BACK#BYT IM ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT RN#SO EXCITED BUT SCARED#love hate relationship with surprises#BUT ONLY LOVE TN BC ITS FROM UUUU
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anyways sry its not srs eventually ill get it together . and be a person again. one day
#its just like atm everything that i need is like . not possible. which is oartially my brain being like We have to do this before we this#which sometimes isnt true but sometimes is#like i cant get medicated again or back seeing a psych or back on t until i get a job again#but i cant get a job again utnil i get my ged <- partially untrue but ged would make it a lot easier#but i cant get my ged until i have a job bc it costs money <- if i asked my parents they would probably help me If they had money 2 spare#since like. yk. they want ne to be able to work again so i have money again and ill be another source of income and they care abt me also .#affirmations . ppl donot just see me as a piggy bank they do see me as a person im not judt someone to squeeze money out of thats not how#ppl view me and its fine its fine its fine its fine . it feels so stupid being scared abt that i feel like a rich person whos like She only#likes me for my money 😭 like stfuuu annoying ass. i just ummmm. have a massive fear of debt and like. ppl demanding money from me#unexpectedly or expecting i am going to give them money. not in like a Ohhh fucking ppl want me to donate not it at all im happy to donate#but in like. god this is dumb. eveeytime i got birthday or christmas money as a kid i had to give it to my parents so they could buy food or#gas or whatever. and it never got paid bsck and it felt like shit. but i couldnt ever say no bc then itd be My fault we didnt have food that#week . yk. my first paycheck i had to give it all to my mom for groceries and we got in a fight in the store bc she was like Ok im gonna go#buy pop and my dumbass got upset abt it bc like. my mom told me itd be Necessities nd like. yk. wtvr. it was fucking stupid my entire family#r caffeine addicts so pop is a necessity i was just. rly upset and it felt like my parents saw my money as just. theirs but they had to ask#abt it so i wouldnt get pissy. yk. and they ask me for money a lot usually for food and i dont mind but it like. idk im rly paranoid abt#being a provider and ive got a Lot of guilt abt like. anytime we dont have enough food it feels like my fault bc it was my fault when i wasa#kid if i didnt give up my christmas money for pizza. or whatever. idk its so dramatic like i didnt need the money i was 8 it was selfish of#me to wanna buy fucking. toys or whatever that wasnt more important than My parents being able to get to work or my siblings being able to#fucking. literally eat. or paying bills. like its selfish that im like wahhh wahhh but i wanted to buy vibeo game wif my bday money i#shouldve judt been fucking grateful i was able to help my family. wtvr. I hate connor. wtvr#n then the shit with ugh last year like. yk. and stuff. and then the them stealing 1000 from me not getting into it b4 i get mad. idk.#and im just lazy now i need to get a job again but all the shit like. as i was saying earlier b4 i started whining. idk. i should be happy#that i get to help w bills and stuff that was my dream as a kid#like ever since i was 5 when i was fantasizing abt my future i was like Im gonna marry a prince and then ill be able to afford to pay all of#my families bills and my parents and siblings will be able to go to college and be happy and maybe never have to work bc ill be able to#handle it and ive always like. yk. when i was a dumbass kid i was like Ill go to college so i can get a good job and be useful. of course i#cant ever go to college bc im fucking. useless. and itd just be another burden on my family if i was in debt bc i couldnt help them as much#if i had debt and itd be selfish. and it doesnt matter bc im too stupid to go to college anyway. idk. i wish i could just fix everything#it just feels awful rn im literally just a drain and my family doesnt say it to me yk like. ik theyre happy imback i think they are
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the gay urge for physical touch (like platonically its just comforting) battling the autistic urge for people to get the fuck away from me
#marble musings#augh#idk what im doin man#currently dying bc i SHOULD fucking sleep#but also im not tired and i need to let my hair dry so its not all spiky tomorrow#and uhh no i will not use a hair dryer i fucking hate those#my hairdresser as a kid tried to get me to stop being scared of them and it made it worse#so just#no#my hairdryer is reserved for drying paint thank you very much#anyway trying to stop fucking picking at my skin#i should#trim my nails#yk what lets do that actually#(ummm if you think keeping my nails super short is bad or ugly uhhh. think again buddy bc its either this or my scalp is constantly bleedin#it is#not a voluntary thing#:P#ok bye now ill shut up
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if i may speak about my epilepsy out of nowhere for a moment . i rarely see other epileptics or just people in general talk about how like.. frankly just fucking annoying it is wrt the concept of driving. you have seizure. you are recommended to not drive for at least 6 months. this is worse if you're someone that has seizures everyday or every other day. im in seizure jail i cant drive right now even if i wanted to. why is my brain taking a part of my independence away
#and like you can take public transport if available or an uber or whatever but. what if you have a seizure there ???? thats so embarrassing#i get embarrassed having them at HOME.#my very first one was on a school bus !! ill never live that down !!!!!!!! i think about it daily thats so fucking embarrassing!!!!!!!!!!!#ive been too scared to even try getting my license bc if i have a seizure behind the wheel i will genuinely never forgive myself if someone#gets hurt. i cant tell when im going to have a seizure so its not like i can pull over and lay down in the backseat or something#its just so scary !!!!!! i hate this !#i dont even have seizures that often but its like a looming threat every fucking day !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#I HATE HAVING EPILEPSY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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