It's like an endless black hole eating me up inside. It's consuming of both time and energy and I'm not quite sure how to handle it some days. For the most part I have it under control but there are some days where it just takes complete control over me. I do everything I possibly can to keep it under the radar, I smile and laugh even when I feel like falling apart. When I feel myself losing control I excuse myself and break down, but for some reason it's still my fault.

You tell me everyday that the monster isn't real but you will never know until you live with it. Until you feel it over power you and control your every thought motion you have no room to talk. The monster is exactly that, it's a monster. We all have monsters. They live in our heads. They destroy every sense of security we have. They bash in the light bulb and force us to live in the dark so they can be with us forever.

My monster is loud. All I hear is him roaring in my head, slamming his hands and stomping his feet because I refuse to live in the dark, my whole life I lived there. And I hate to say this, but my monster always wins. No matter how hard I fight, I will never be strong enough. My monster does control me more than I control myself and I hate it. I hate how weak the monster makes me.

I am not a weak person. I am stronger than most can even imagine. I am a strong person. I am strong... but this beast inside of me brings me down. It tears me apart. It cripples me. The monster consumes me all day everyday and this is the first time I am able to admit it.

Living with the monster isn't easy. I cry everyday. I feel it coming over my like a storm cloud filling up the once sunny sky. It's like I'm drowning every moment of my life.There is rarely anymore moments of happiness because the monster destroyed every piece of it I have ever had. Everyday is a struggle. The monster is fighting piece of will I have in me.

But despite how strong this monster is, I will not let it take me. I will not let it swallow me hole. The thing about living with the monster is that with everyday it consumes you... you are one step closer to strength. I know that really makes no sense, but that's life. Life doesn't make sense as is and adding the monster into the mix just makes it even more complicated. But the complications in life helps make the future easier.

The monster doesn't have to stay forever. The monster doesn't have to win. Something I've learned is that if you just open up and just admit that the monster is within you and learn to let others help defeat it then maybe it will be gone. The monster doesn't have to exist anymore.