"This is a song about detachment and becoming out of touch with myself and everything around me. I became completely out of touch with who I am. I wrote it before talking to my loved ones about how I felt and when I showed it to them that began a turning point, hence the name 'Therapeutic.' I went through a time as a young adult when I was feeling amazing about life and how well things were going for me after not living an ideal childhood/teenage life. But after a while things fell off, and for the last couple of years I've been searching for a way to get back to who I used to be and handle things better than I did before. I'm doing much better now through communicating and being more vulnerable to the people who care about me and I've begun to dip my toe into spirituality a bit as well. There are still times when I don't see the point in anything but I'm learning how to cope every day. Things really do get better but that's something that's completely up to you."

a.l.e.c.
Muskegon, Michigan
Emotional Hip Hop

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Lyrics:
I've felt pathetic, haven't done much to take credit
To most people it seems I'm nothing but a regret
Maybe it's just me, because I tend to overthink
But I know I've been negative, I don't always mean what I speak
Honestly I forgot what it was like to believe
I found myself in more struggle, I had to learn some new things
I don't ever talk, but my phone hardly rings
Some things have went wrong, but no one talks about feelings
I won't point my fingers and I'm not placing any blame
I won't justify my actions my only right is to explain
I know I was unhealthy when I was in that darker place
And I don't wanna be toxic, I need another change
I thought it got better but it's back and it's worse
But I know myself better and I can cope with the hurt
I was tryna feel, when I wasn't where I should've been
I've been trying to get a grip so that I can be myself again
I couldn't relate to anybody I lost my contentment
Looking at all of these faces like who is my best friend
I've been typing out texts, but I could never hit send
Could never find the words for anyone to comprehend

I don't wanna be a pessimist
Well if the glass is half empty I should wanna fill it
Life is nothing but taking tests and learning lessons
I gotta keep moving, I can't be scared to spill it
Sometimes life brings you down, sometimes you gotta feel pain
I'd put myself in the ground, but I was feeling too drained
I thought I needed therapy, felt clinically insane
Felt depressed and detached, something's wrong with my brain
Life got a hold of me, I became nihilistic
But things still matter, and they've become problematic
I've got some things to work on, like changing my perspectives
Find a silver lining, view some things as less tragic
Take care of myself, I look like an addict
Strung out on growing up, picked up a couple of bad habits
Some days it's difficult for me to leave my mattress
Sometimes I can't lift myself up with this weight on my chest
I carry more than I show, most the time I pretend
Don't wanna kill the mood so I fake for my friends
Self destructive behavior, I'm feeling depressed
I'm not doing myself any favors by keeping my thoughts suppressed

a.l.e.c. is:
Alec Marshall