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notadmblnd

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27. You could have been talking about me. I've been particularly annoying lately

Sat Aug 15, 2015, 03:32 AM

Aug 2015

Seriously though, I stopped worrying about my mental health back when I realized that there is no normal. It's funny though that you chose someone with a mental illness that was reflected in his music to begin a discussion of mental illness. Especially since his thinking was so clear when he was at his worst.

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