I Might Be in Trouble

by Daniel Aleman

I never feel lonely when I’m lost in my own stories. As for the rest of the time… I’ve gotten used to it, I guess.

Time does that sometimes, I suppose—it’s slow until it isn’t.

But some of it has to do with other circumstances—growing up without an adequate support system, without access to positive role models. So… once he reaches his twenties, he doesn’t know how to move through the world, except by pretending to be someone he’s not. Every first date he goes on, every new friend he makes, every friendly encounter at a bar he has, he’s forced to play the role of someone confident, someone fun, someone who’s not in crisis.”