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I'm Depressed Again

I'm Depressed Again

hope is fleeting

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Jeanie Bergen
May 14, 2024
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A creditor is calling me as I write this. Student loans. I applied for an Income Driven Repayment plan, and somehow didn’t get improved, even though I technically have no income.

I did not get the job I wanted. I don’t know why and it doesn’t matter.

“Everything happens for a reason.”

No, it doesn’t, you cunt.

(It does, actually.)

Maybe I am the cunt. (I’m only using this word because it has power, unlike my bank account.)

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