When I started high school, I felt an overwhelming sadness bubbling under my skin.

I don’t know when it began; it crept up on me.

Think of it like a younger sibling who keeps nagging you to do something, even though you’re already busy. All you want is for them to go away and leave you alone, so you yell at them, that doesn’t work, you bargain with them, and if that doesn’t work, you beg for them to leave you alone.

It becomes an endless cycle of yelling and praying for this feeling to subside, but it won’t go away, not for a long time.

As high schoolers, we take the stress and work of everything, jobs, driving, sports, and getting into college or trade school. With so much on our plates and so little time to complete it, we begin to feel the stress of it all, the sadness, and if we’re

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