Please, make yourself uncomfortable
If I’ve learned anything in my teenage years, it’s that high-schoolers will avoid awkward conversation like the plague. Something else I’ve learned? Apparently everything is awkward. Of course you never bring up your own problems, because that’s just a road to a boatload of unwelcome judgement. You don’t breach a serious topic, because it’s far easier to fake a laugh than hide your tears, your anger. Emotion has become awkward, and now we live in a world where conversation isn’t meant to be meaningful. We fear to address the truth because the truth hurts, and speaking of it solidifies reality...