Pain is something that should not be taken lightly.

Whenever someone says “I am in pain” or something

along those lines people are so quick to assume that they are in physical pain. Then when they expect
someone to say my leg or my arm hurts, and someone says they are facing emotional pain, they do not
know how to react. Pain is so much more than breaking a bone or getting stitches. The dictionary
definition claims that pain is “physical suffering or discomfort caused by illness or injury.” The dictionary is
right to an extent but the dictionary is also the reason people get the definition of pain so twisted. You can
not just put a definition on emotional pain. It is different for everyone and for me pain is emotional turmoil
to the point of
I stare at my bedroom wall while simultaneously chewing on my lip. Something I do a lot when I get
anxious. Today was yet another hard day at school with my school counselor telling me I was not going to
graduate with my class. It is now 3 in the morning and I am trying with all my might to not break into sobs
as I do not want to wake everyone else in the house. I cover my mouth with one hand to stifle the sob I can
feel coming and take my other hand and hold my chest. The pain is so much I can feel it inside. For the past
few nights I have gotten little to no sleep just hoping everything works out. Senior year was a very hard
year for me because everyone was convinced I was not going to graduate. With every appointment I had
with the school counselor the pain I felt just grew worse. I would find myself staying up into the late hours
of the night just hoping that this would pass and things would end up working out. This is a common trend
when people are feeling extreme emotional pain. It is easier for them to cry and let their pain out by
themselves and most times that happens to be at night when everyone around them is asleep.