Just when I thought of cleaning my not-so-messy room, I stumbled upon several artifacts left forgotten inside my 20 kg luggage behind the door. For the past few years, my mental health is not looking good and I tried to cheer up here and there and I know depression is a mental illness and it should not be labelled about being a 'normal' sadness, which is why unless someone is truly being diagnosed by a professional, what I feel now is just a episode of sadness.
The things I found are all those from my teenager's life, most are from my high school time. I admit that my teenage life was one of the hardest I have been. Household problem, getting betrayed and feeling alone in a crowded bunch was normal situation to me. It got better when I was in the working force, but not for long. It's like I attracted hated bunch out of nowhere without me intended.
It's been more than a month since I quit my job and honestly I don't have the energy to think about getting a new one. I told my family and friends I will find one but what I am doing now is just running from the reality. I just want to shut down and not thinking of anything. Last time I can blame it on my stressful job and said that was the reason of why I am feeling like this. But now.. I can't say the same.
Over the years, I lost my passion of writing and reading but now I am trying to read again and it is looking good. Most of them are web novels though. And my paperback novels are all being stored away because picking a book and reading it takes away my energy too much. I opened one page and read one line and I closed the book back.
Whatever I am doing right now, I do recognized it as running away from the reality. I don't even have energy to get out of my house unless it is truly necessary. Meeting people and taking with them drained my energy faster than a running water. Although there are a few people I called friends, I have limited time in being a social butterfly.
And now when I am getting older, I can admit when people said 'your tear duct loosen when you are older'. Even looking at those things from high school, made me said, 'What am I doing with my life?'
