This day is a very emotionally heavy birthday for me.
2016, I made an attempt. I failed. I told myself that I'm gonna finish everything I didn't finish back then. My college and my comics flashed before my eyes. Made to drop out from first college dahil hindi ko kinaya ang pag-adapt sa college bukod pa sa personal, financial reasons at lumalalang depression ko. I transferred to another school dahil ang hirap makita ang mga kabatchmates ko habang ako nahihirapan pa din sa isang subject. I just want the nightmares to end and just get a diploma pero the last couple of years was very bad with 2/4 of my groupmates ditching just to play Lol and Ros. I graduated pero ang layo ng naging trabaho ko dahil nga trauma na ako sa course ko. I literally couldnt force myself to start learning how to code again. I was forced to resign back at March para hindi ako magkarecord sa Warehouse na unti-unti nang naging toxic dahil nga nagkaalitan kami ng guard. 50k lang ang naipon ko imbes na sana ay nakaabot pa sa 120k. These past few days being unemployed isnt easy. Hindi makatulog dahil iniisip ko kung saan ako mapupunta. Ang naipundar ko lang ay ang PC ko panggawa ng digital comics and I have 33k left. I tried online dating pero as a 30 year old who earned 20k a month lifting/cleaning/sorting heavy danpla boxes for a living, my chances arent that high. I gave that up too. Hindi ako pwedeng bumalik at makisama sa nanay at stepfather ko. Nakakahiya na wala man lamang ako maibalik na tulong sa kanila. Dont get me wrong, may kaya sila. Pero sila iyon. Kapag nawala si mama ay baka baliwalain na din ako ng stepfather ko. Bumisita sila at nagbigay ng pagkain dahil nga hindi ako nakasagot sa cellphone noong mag-iimbita sana sila na kumain sa labas at may kaunting pera pang binigay.
I guess what I'm getting at is I'll probably end up homeless and without anyone, that is if my mind doesn't deteriorate first. Araw araw at gabi gabi na akong minumulto ng potential ko. I tell myself na matapos ko lang ang komiks ko ay okay na ako to make an attempt again. As long as I earn enough for a place to stay and for food - as long as I can draw to my heart's content and watch One Piece and many more wonderful stories, I'm Free. It's not easy but i'll try to live until the final page is done. Magsisimba muna ako for the first time in about almost a decade.
If you have friends or family members that are struggling with mental health, reach out to them. Make them feel loved. I don't believe in hell because I've been alone inside the hell in my head for too long. Be good people.