The Leadership Journal

Inside, Out, In Between

Inside, Out, In Between By Mekhi Addison, 11th grade

October 12, 2019 “You can stay the way you are, you can keep all the feelings bottled up until you explode, or you can go get the help you need.”

Last week, I made a choice. I stared deeply into my reflection in the mirror and said it was time to make a choice. I chose to finally say something, to take a stand. I chose to see a therapist, and now I’m here with you. Blank pages. All the pages in this book are blank. 450 pages of undiscovered territory that she expects me to fill with the ideas that crawl back and forth through my

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