Hey Pandas, When Did You Stop Living In Denial Of A Problem? (Closed)

That my friend, Josh, is dead. He died last September, and today is his birthday (February 2nd, 2007) We celebrated his birthday in the lunch room today and that's when I realized he's not coming back. I'm not going to see him ever again, actually, this post is perfect for me because I really, desperately wanted to get that out today. I knew he was dead, but I never BELIEVED it or anything...
Here's his tribute page.
(Love ya, Josh!)

https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/25955852/joshua-anthony-cheatham

Sorry if it takes too long to load, it's laggy for me as well :(

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Side note: Anyone know of places where abortion, marrying who you want, and not going into debt because your dying are considered basic rights?

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I’m going to have social anxiety for the rest of my life, even with tons of exposure therapy there will always be things that I will not be able to do because of it.

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