
It starts like this: You don’t notice the walls closing in until the only thing left is the space inside your head. At first, it’s a slow fade, like a badly written TV character disappearing between seasons. You’re just skipping an outing here, a class there. Then one day, stepping outside feels like stepping onto an alien planet where the gravity is all wrong, and everyone is staring at you even though you know, logically, that they aren’t.








