Here is another small excerpt: Friends visited and held my hand, keeping me company along with my family. My family knew I was there and not braindead. My mouth would give the faintest hint of a twitch as I couldn’t help but laugh when my brother quoted favorite comedy lines and played Adam Sandler cd’s. …
I immersed my mind in fantasy at every opportunity. My life now consisted of school, therapy, books, video games, and movies. I wanted to be entertained every moment to grant my mind the tiniest moments reprieve from the constant, overwhelming, despair overriding my psyche. I dreaded going to school. The second I got home I jumped on the computer and escaped into the internet, where no one could see my disability and I wasn’t treated differently.
