frustrated. "I hate how much this… this thing inside me stops me from being normal. I’m trying, you know? I'm trying so damn hard to change it. To act normal, for once. But no matter how much I tell myself it's all just in my head, or that I'm overreacting… it changes nothing. And I'm so tired of dealing with it. I'm so tired of being weak and pathetic..." "You’re not weak or pathetic," Jasper whispered. "whatever it is you're dealing with… you can’t just push it aside and forget about. You just can't. The weight of it will push you down until there's nothing left of you. You need
