Surviving.

For the majority of my life, I had a really hard time distinguishing my emotions from other people. I didn't like constantly feeling emotional pain all the time so I kept suppressing what my heart wanted in favor of not burdening others. Every time I cried or had a panic…

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Discovery.

When I discovered J-Pop Idols online, for the firs time in my life I felt inspired to work towards something more passionate rather than go through the robotic process of doing whatever I had to do to simply get by. At first glance, I thought some of them were talentless…

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Existing.

I look back at moments where I closed myself off in my bedroom dancing and singing to J-Pop music. At the time I didn't really think much about it but some part of me wanted to escape. I didn't want to be "here", I never really felt like it was…

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