I don't recognize myself anymore. Every morning when I wake up, my body feels like lead. The fatigue is destroying me, but nobody sees how hard it really is. I lie awake for hours at night staring at the ceiling, trapped in my own thoughts. The pain is everywhere - my head pounds, my back screams, every nerve in my body is on fire, and my stomach constantly protests. I used to be sharp, now my thoughts wander. Simple tasks become mountains I can't climb. I fight and fight, but it seems like I'm going backwards. My goals fade like a dream upon waking. Life has broken me. I look in the mirror and see only a worthless person. Lazy, useless... that's what I keep telling myself. The world feels like a hostile place, and nobody really understands what's going on inside me. My thoughts are like a whirlpool of worries about things that might not even exist. The stress is eating away at me. The sadness is like a blanket I can't shake off. Guilt and fear overwhelm me at every little thing. It takes all my energy to pretend I'm 'normal', to keep up a mask for the outside world. But inside, I'm so incredibly tired.