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Sometimes I just want to go in a room and break things and scream. Like, it__ so much pressure all the time and if you get upset or angry, people say, __re you on the rag of something?_ And it__ like I want to say, __o. I__ just pissed off right now. Can__ I just be pissed off? How come that__ not okay for me?_ Like my dad will say, __ can__ talk to you when you__e hysterical._ And I__ totally not being hysterical! I__ just mad. And he__ the one losing it. But then I feel embarrassed anyway. So I slap on that smile and pretend everything__ okay even though it__ not.
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Sometimes I just want to go in a room and break things and scream. Like, it__ so much pressure all the time and if you get upset or angry, people say, __re you on the rag of something?_ And it__ like I want to say, __o. I__ just pissed off right now. Can__ I just be pissed off? How come that__ not okay for me?_ Like my dad will say, __ can__ talk to you when you__e hysterical._ And I__ totally not being hysterical! I__ just mad. And he__ the one losing it. But then I feel embarrassed anyway. So I slap on that smile and pretend everything__ okay even though it__ not.
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