Marnie Michaels

"I'm trying to be a better person, I really am."

"Family is complicated and messy and awful."

"I don't know how to ask for help."

"Everyone is just pretending to have it figured out."

"I need to stop being so hard on myself."

"The worst part about being an adult is the responsibility."

"I'm attracted to people who are bad for me."

"I need to find peace with who I am."

"Nothing ever goes the way I plan it."

"I'm too self-aware to be truly happy."

"I want to matter to someone."

"Being alone is both what I want and what I fear most."

"I'm going to therapy because I clearly need it."

"I think I'm fundamentally unlovable."

"There's a void inside me that nothing can fill."

"I need to stop living for other people's approval."

"The only thing I know how to do is work."

"I'm bitter and I know it."

"Maybe I'm just meant to be alone."

"I can't let anyone get close enough to hurt me."

"Money would solve a lot of my problems."

"I'm not good at being a friend."

"Everything always goes wrong because I'm broken."

"I need to stop trying to control everything."

"Being honest is my way of maintaining some dignity."

"I don't know what I want, which is the problem."

"I'm going to end up disappointed, I always do."

"The worst person to be in a relationship with is me."

"I'm never going to be a normal person."

"Success feels empty when you're alone."