What the “Dark” Place Looks Like When You’re Healing

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I’m in the dark place. I’ve been here for about a month, and it is steadily getting worse. The last time I was in the dark place like this was a year ago, almost to the date. It was during the presidential election, and I stopped sleeping for two weeks. When I say I stopped sleeping, I mean I didn’t sleep. Like, at all. I’d lay awake in bed and stare up at the ceiling. I heard noises when there…