Daniella (Reading With Daniella)’s Reviews > It's Kind of a Funny Story > Status Update

"I work, Monica, and I think about work, and I freak out about work, and I think about how much I think about work, and I freak out about how much I think about how much I think about work, and I think about how freaked out I get about how much I think about how much I think about work. Does that count as a hobby?

"So the suicide hotline is too busy right now?'
"Yes - it's Friday night. This is our busiest time."
"Great. I'm common even in suicide."

I was done; I was back to me.
But things come full circle baby, and two months later I was back in my bathroom, bowing to the toilet in the dark.

"Craig: I think that you would benefit from seeing someone."
"I know! Don't think I haven't tried. I'm not really good at talking to girls."
"Girls? No. I meant therapists. You should start seeing a therapist."

When I come home from school, I know I have all this work to do, but then my head starts the Cycling.”
“The Cycling.”
“Going over the same thoughts over and over. When my thoughts race against each other in a circle.”

“The absolute worst part of being depressed is the food. A person's relationship with food is one of their most important relationships. I don't think your relationship with your parents is that important. Some people never know their parents. I don't think your relationship with your friends are important. [...] You can't be dropping food to hang with someone else. You need to strike up an agreement with it.”

"I told them anyone why came in had to touch it, otherwise they were a pussy, which [...] I thought was great because it was a word with two meanings: the cat that girls liked and the thing you called people to make them do stuff. Just like chicken had two meanings: the bird that walked around and the white stuff you ate. Some people touched the hot pipe if you called them chicken as well."

"The problem is that I'm so lazy."

"How are you lazy, Craig?"

"I waste at least an hour every day lying in bed. Then I waste time pacing. I waste time thinking. I waste time being quiet and not saying anything because I'm afraid I'll stutter."