Chapter 17
Sadness can be good right? I mean, it can help someone cope with situations and help them get motivated to improve themselves. I even read somewhere that it can improve memory, but I guess that doesn't help Harry that much, he's never been really good at remembering anything for a while now, and I don't think I'll be much help. But that's not why I'm here is it?
Anyway, I feel that we are nearing the end of our little story, but before we end it we've still got about another few months worth of tales to tell. This will be my last chapter so please listen carefully, I hope that you'll take it in your hearts to do by us well.
Harold's Parents died a couple years back, but he hadn't seen them for years, and he had a new family now. So although I put a little input here and there, he still got over it pretty quickly, or so he thought. In fact, he constantly flunked his exams, and was really struggling hard. If it wasn't for the counselling, Harry would have been a drop out, and his life would have been a wreck.
Why am I bringing this up then? It's important to talk about it, that's why. Bottling it up doesn't help, and that's the main reason Harry had to repeat a year in the first place, he kept it under his hat for too long (the fact the others didn't even mention it earlier shows you just how much they don't take long term effects into account).
I get upset by the stigma surrounding mental health, it's okay to talk about it, but people don't seem to think about this at all. It's like people's emotions can't seem to comprehend the seriousness of it all, and think that we should hide ourselves away, always put on a brave face, leave Sadness standing in the chalk circle, cut off from the outside, neglected by those who we should in fact be working along side with. We are important, even if you can't see it yet. To all Sadness out there, please listen carefully, try to make them listen now and again, don't be pushed back by the others, you have a right to be heard just like anyone else.
As I said earlier, this is the last time for me. I hope you have a nice time, and I hope to hear from you again some time, but alas, Harry's story is running out of pages, and I think Sadness has spoken too much. Farewell…
A short chapter, I know, but hopefully I will build it up as I go along. I'm glad you've been following it this far, but hang on a little further and hopefully you won't be disappointed.