"I Feel Soo...Unnecessary"

By David Washington

"I feel so, I don't know, soo...unnecessary!" Corey's anguished words are an all too familiar refrain in the hearts of some young people today. The causes vary and perhaps most often simply reflect the challenge of growing up in a rapidly changing world in which it can be difficult to find one's place. In Corey's case they come against a backdrop of a badly dysfunctional family, and the traumatizing events related in The Teardrop, an earlier story in this Kenroy series. He clearly has not found the emotional stability to move beyond those events and is somewhat rudderless in trying to identify and navigate a way forward as he faces his impending graduation from high school. Kenroy, his 'designated friend', does his best to be there for him and offers some 'inspired' advice. Bibliotherapy goals targeted for this story include: overcoming feelings of isolation, developing a balanced self-assessment, increasing willingness to communicate/ being a good listener, and enhancing awareness of the search for meaning.

• Language: English
• Publisher: David Washington
• Release date: Jun 12, 2015
• ISBN: 9789769579231

David Washington

David Washington holds a B. A. degree in Psychology and M. A. degree in Anthropology, the interface of culture and personality being the focus of his research and study. Throughout the years he has pursued a persistent interest, both as a writer and self-help enthusiast, in the efficacy of literature as an agent of personal development. His literature therapy publications are an outgrowth of this enthusiasm and an interest as a writer in art as for something more than its own sake.

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I FEEL SOO...UNNECESSARY

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BY DAVID WASHINGTON

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The people and situations depicted in this story are fictional. Any resemblance to persons living or deceased is purely coincidental.

Table of Contents

Introductory Note

I Feel Soo Unnecessary

Talking Points For Developmental Bibliotherapy

About the Author

Other books by David Washington

Connect with the Author

Introductory Note

In I Feel So Unnecessary, we take up the story of Corey who, in The Teardrop as an 8-year-old, is introduced to a life of crime by his delinquent father 'Big up'. The Teardrop ends with Corey staring at himself in the bathroom mirror asking his tear-faced image, ‘Corey are you in there?’. Now in his mid-teens, Corey carries a heavy burden of feelings of guilt and worthlessness. He has not been able to 'fit in' with his peers. Depressed and perhaps on the brink of some act of desperation to end his emotional suffering, he