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Saturday, October 22, 2016

Mitches Not Stitches

A very lovely teacher of mine had us write a mini auto-biography. In mine, she commented that I should expand on why "Stitches" by Shawn Mendes is such an important song to me. Yes, believe it or not, I, Melissa, the scene queen emo thing, loves Shawn Mendes. 
Before you go and make assumptions, the meaning of the song has nothing to do with it's importance with me. I did not have a boyfriend that left me and made me so heartbroken I related to a song. Now, I'm about to get really deep, and possibly triggering


Triggering Content Up Ahead

I have depression and anorexia. I am comfortable talking about this and almost show it with pride to show how far I've come. Well, on November 20, 2015 I was hospitalized into a mental hospital. Yes, ha-ha, I'm insane. I would prefer to not have a repeat of those rumors going around. Anyway, I was there for my suicidal tendencies and refusal to eat. My entire stay I ate next to nothing and constantly had suicidal thoughts. You're probably wondering how Stitches got jumbled up into this mess. 
During that time Stitches was on the radio a lot. I sang along every time and loved that song to death. While I was on my way to be evaluated the last song I heard was Stitches. It was stuck in my head. And during each grueling moment of therapy and coaxing me to eat that song never left my head. It never went away. I think it was also destiny that this song came into my life because when I was discharged on November 26, 2015 the first song that came on was Stitches.
I don't know what it is about the song, but whenever I hear I can't help but feel stronger. Stitches has made a big impact about my life, and I am thankful for it.

3 comments:

  1. Dear Melissa
    That song is great. Would you marry that song if it was lega? Harambe for president

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  2. Hey, Melissa. I'm Sumar, your blog buddy from Heritage Middle School. My name is spelled weird, but it's honestly pronounced very easily. It's supposed to be pronounced like the season summer, it was spelled incorrectly on my birth certificate (long story). I'm sorry for not talking to you before, I've been somewhat busy with everything. I really like this blog, and I think you're very brave for telling everyone what you've been through, I know what some of the things you've went through feel like, I myself go through a lot of things, I just usually don't tell anyone much about it (I'm closed off to everyone else). I just wish we could talk more cause you seem like a good person

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  3. Hey Melissa,
    Thank you again for being honest and telling us what you've been through. I appreciate it. And hey, I love Shawn Mendes too :)

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