On Self-Destruction

Thorne Melcher
3 min readDec 28, 2020

Warning: The following is a metaphorical expression of intense personal mental health struggles. It is dark and meant to help people understand how anxiety disorders can manifest in self-destructive and suicidal tendencies.

You are in a space ship deep in uncharted space. A phantom extraterrestrial force endangers everything, and you must keep it at bay. Suddenly, you hear that dreaded sound — klaxons blare throughout the ship.

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