Fairy Tales For 20-Somethings: Sleeping Beauty, Depressed And On Facebook
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Sleeping Beauty was lying in bed checking Facebook from her phone, just feeling so completely alone in her depression. Then she came across a post from an acquaintance about how sad he was, it was a darkness that made him feel like nobody could ever understand how he felt. “Is there anyone else who feels this way?” he asked.
She felt a sense of relief wash over her, a little bit of joy, and thought, At least I’m not so sad I wrote about it on Facebook. 
This post originally appeared at FAIRY TALES FOR TWENTYSOMETHINGS.
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