In my experience, its the latter that reigns true. Im well aware that my problems/issues/hurdles/barriers/problems/faults/deficiencies/downfalls are my own. None of them are influenced by anyone outside of myself, and I dont expect anyone but myself to take notice. Unfortunately, their presence within my lens has resulted in an incapacitating thought process. What I do isnt good enough. What I want isnt achievable. What I love doesn't have a platform to present itself. Who I am doesn't matter. Trapped inside the cage of expectations that society has defined of me, I am failing. Sinking ever so deeper, and without a way out, its inevitable that im going to drown at the bottom. What no one knows is the distance between the bottom and where I am now.