GUEST POST: I AM DUMB, BUT CAN SPEAK. Written By Ugochukwu Uchella

A dark feeling is igniting my veins, I feel terrible, angry, disgusted, and pained. Everything & Everyone around me makes me flare-up. I need to tell my friends so I can be helped but there are chains wrapped around my neck moving up to my mouth. Chains of fear and chains of being misunderstood. Chains of rejection and chains of being mocked. Thoughts of who disappointed me, thoughts of what didn’t work out, thoughts of who hurt me, thoughts of abuse have spilled through my body, I feel so broken and ashamed that there isn’t a repair for this disaster. I still have the chance to “SPEAK OUT” before it floods my mouth but I’m finding it challenging to open up when I know that could save me but it’s hard to stop this tsunami.