Andrea Gates Monday, 07 July 2003
HOMELESS
Hi, my name is Alexia. I am homeless and have been for quite a while now. It's hard to understand why, and it takes a lot to explain, but I'm pretty sure I have no other plans today, unless you do? If so I won't keep you. You don't have any plans, that's good then. Well...
It all started when I was 14, my friends turned their backs on me, never invited me out with them. I felt like I didn't belong anywhere so I got upset and depressed. First of all I just started smoking, I felt it took the stress away so I continued, I saw no harm. But then I started to become more adventurous, I got into alcohol, every week I would be getting drunk, but then the worst of it came. Whenever I sobered up or ran out of cigarettes I got more depressed than before so I started to cut myself. I found out it helped me feel happier and good about myself. So I carried on, I don't know why I did this but I felt like it was an escape. I had never had one of them before, Do you?? Oh, well if you did you would know what I meant! I carried on doing this, but no one noticed. I tried to do it so discreetly, they would all think I was a nutcase if they found out! So I never spoke to anyone.
HOMELESS
Hi, my name is Alexia. I am homeless and have been for quite a while now. It's hard to understand why, and it takes a lot to explain, but I'm pretty sure I have no other plans today, unless you do? If so I won't keep you. You don't have any plans, that's good then. Well...
It all started when I was 14, my friends turned their backs on me, never invited me out with them. I felt like I didn't belong anywhere so I got upset and depressed. First of all I just started smoking, I felt it took the stress away so I continued, I saw no harm. But then I started to become more adventurous, I got into alcohol, every week I would be getting drunk, but then the worst of it came. Whenever I sobered up or ran out of cigarettes I got more depressed than before so I started to cut myself. I found out it helped me feel happier and good about myself. So I carried on, I don't know why I did this but I felt like it was an escape. I had never had one of them before, Do you?? Oh, well if you did you would know what I meant! I carried on doing this, but no one noticed. I tried to do it so discreetly, they would all think I was a nutcase if they found out! So I never spoke to anyone.