I was always so sensitive.
That is what they said.
And the way I hurt, the way I felt so open and aching inside, I know it must have been true.
They constantly teased.
And called names.
And I would reel.
Why do you have to be so sensitive? they would ask.
And the thing is, they weren’t all wrong.
Not, at least, [...]
I got so tired of being dumb.
Of being the silly one.
The crazy one.
And eventually I fell apart.
The whole of myself was built on things that weren’t all true.
I wasn’t dumb.
I could be silly, but it wasn’t who I was.
And in admitting my imbalance, I wasn’t crazy anymore.
I believe, to some degree, we create our persona.
In [...]
