The best piece of advice Kathleen gave me was this:

"The darkness within you is deep and unfathomable- That doesn't mean you can pretend it isn't there."

Then she proceeded to recite some psycho holy-sounding quote that went something like this:

"Into the darkness I fell and within the deep black is where I flourished. I became more than you could ever fathom. I am in despair. I am afraid. I am Darkness."

Is that supposed to be a pep talk?

I don't know.

Was mistake number one becoming friends with Kathleen?

I don't know.

We- Me and Kathleen, are the wretched. There is no paradise for us. There is no paradise for the wretched.