Me at 22
I've done some bad things. I haven’t been a good person; I don’t even think I am. I’m very possessive and clingy and jealous, and tend to depend on people more than I should. I might need you to tell me when I’m being too clingy, or manipulative, and I need constant reassurance you aren't going to leave me. I get really, really scared, okay? I get so scared people will leave, and I act out to make them stay. I might need you to tell me when you’re not comfortable with that. I might get upset when you’re not comfortable with that, because you don’t understand, no one does, and I'm pretty sure I don’t particularly understand either. I’m not even sure when this fear started, not really. and it gets bad. you might think it’s just a fear, but it gets really bad; I get paranoid. I have nightmares. I wake up at night and stay up because of that fear. I promise I won’t be the crazy ex girlfriend I used to be. I promise I won’t be just your ‘crazy girlfriend,’ either. I’m more than ...