Lost - Comments

Oh man do I relate to this. The helplessness of trying to "fix" yourself and being unable to is really prevalent in this, and honestly this can almost speak to how depression can make me feel. You keep trying things - seeking help, being social, getting out the house - and yet nothing helps, nothing stops the emptiness and you're sat wondering why you've been dealt with this set. This is dark in the sense that it's so true and raw and honest about mental health, and I loved it.

I definitely think this is something that a lot of Mibbians can relate to. That feeling of just being completely empty isn't one that's exactly top of my list of emotions to feel, and you've captured that sense of helplessness in this. I especially love the idea of trying to glue together life, but even the glue isn't enough to keep everything together. I feel like that a lot, so it's really nice to have a way of describing it that makes sense.

I also totally get the idea of putting on this facade in order for everybody else to think you're happy when you haven't. It's so draining, and you describe that, again, really well. I feel like everything in this story is just very dark, but also something that I can relate to as a person and I think it made the impact of this so much more strong than it would have been originally. Nice work.

I think this was a really interesting description of what depression feels like. That lost feeling and not feeling like anything can fill it is really relatable and I think you did a good job of describing it. It was interesting as well, because it seems like the narrator wasn't really sure what was going on and just had no idea what to do, which was really sad.

I liked that the narration felt sort of informal because it was like the narrator was just thinking these things and not talking to someone. It just seemed like a thing that was going on inside the person's head which I think made it really interesting to read.

Good job!

This is sooooooo bleak but very well-written.