"Dear every person who says that a mental illness is not a valid reason for not being able to attend..."

“

Dear every person who says that a mental illness is not

a valid reason for not being able to attend school normally,

Say that to the counselor, the school nurse, the paramedics,

and the friend who walked me to the office on the day of my overdose.

Say that to the kids who saw me sleep through first and second period.

Say that to the boy who sleeps in every class.

Tell that to my teacher who had to talk me out

of suicide on a school night.

Tell that to my bio teacher who saw

me break down during a suicide prevention assembly.

Tell that to the housemates who have heard

me call the suicide hotlines.

Tell that to my freshman English teacher who tells

me I look so alive now in comparison to

how dead I looked freshman year.

Say that to any friend who has had to talk me out of suicide.

Say that to any friend who has had to calm me down

after an anxiety attack.

Say that to every friend and follower that has

come to me with thoughts of suicide.

Tell that to the kids who have failing grades because

they can’t focus, the ones who can’t make it through

a school night without having an anxiety attack,

the kids who sleep right when they get home and

straight on until morning, the ones who

have more breakdowns a day than meals a day,

the ones who have spent more time staring

at hospital walls than school hallways.

Tell that to the kids who cry every night.

Tell that to the teenagers in psychiatric wards and treatment centers.

Tell that to the family of someone who has just committed suicide.

Tell them that school is more important than their sanity.

”



- 5:58 p.m. (An open letter to ignorance)

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