My tolerance for hard times is, unfortunately, at the end of the line. I've been dealt too many bad hands for too long, and it's finally taken a toll on my health — physically and mentally. I'm lost. Broken.
Helping others through hard work, blood, sweat, and tears has set me on a worse path than if I had never helped at all. Every penny I saved was flushed away into a sea of lies and broken promises — not once, but twice.
How can I recover? I'd say through perseverance and effort, but unfortunately, I have neither. I'm drained.
When I tell others I'm only 23, they say, "Be optimistic," but the last eight years couldn't have been worse. I've dealt with the heartache of death too many time


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