Room Four

, feeling tired or having little energy, poor appetite, or overeating, feeling bad about yourself, feeling as you are a failure to yourself or others, trouble concentrating, thoughts of harming y

sitting here in this quiet empty room, clipboard in hand, I feel like the truth won’t come out.

I was still focusing on the blank page in f

step on the scale.” Great anot

ioned to a small room with gray wallpaper, for a place that you

rom time to time, I feel safe in my home. I felt as if this appointment may not be as bad as I thought it was g

rd had been resting and looked back at her

t it, we can just fill it out verbally

e; I didn’t need help filling them out. But I was stuck now, so she began as

est, but the words are not coming out. I make jokes of what she

am sitting across from her now is because I woke up this

r and flashed me a big smile as she shut her

ef as I watched the d

I came here to feel better, lying will not do me any good. Still,

to be hours before hearing a knock at the door. I felt

ront desk, and out the door. I made a mistake coming here and now I am too

popped the nurse again. “Doc want

nock on the door what is going to ha

rine sample, because it appears that it is hard to pee in a cup. I walked into the bathroom and of cou

mirror. If anyone saw me walking around, they would probably think I was haunting the place. I was pale white, my eyes looked like they

re waiting this whole time. I looked at her for a minute before she looked up and saw me standing th

in the mirror. I didn’t notice leaving the house that I had not only forgot to brush my hair, but I didn’t even bother to fix it f

d shaped I could find in the texture of them. I

ide my door. I tried to piece together who they wer

ly tall, but you could have fit a school bus between

ended his huge hand out and I shook his

l him everything I told the nurse

couldn’t get the words out. He looked

ble with a female physician?

more red flags by not talking than just making something up. I finally looke

it came from until he looked closely at his laptop and back at me a

ver the fact I lied and g

door is not locked, I was not being held against my will and if I didn’t want to be there then

d back and he said “Whatever it is, you know you need help, you knew enough to come

the room and headed o

t sick, I ignored her as I made a straight line to the exit. I ran through the parking lot until I hit my car. Once I was safe inside, I