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I remember being young and so excited about different things, like a new book, something I wrote, or even a show. In middle and high school, my show was the Vampire Diaries and like clockwork, every Thursday night I would claim the TV for myself to watch witches, warlocks and vampires. I was so obsessed I called it my VDS, Vampire Diaries Session. When I am genuinely excited about something, it consumes me, filling me with jittery anxiety until I can steal someone’s ear and t

The world has always felt like a complicated, fire-breathing dragon that must be slayed day after day. My armor has never fit quite right, and I was never the chosen princess at the ball. Friends never came easy, and in every grand hall I entered, I felt like an imposter slipping in through the servant’s door. No one ever rolled out a welcome carpet for me — not in family, not in school, not in life. Instead, I was locked away in towers of silence, misunderstood by those who