My eyes open as I lay in bed and immediately I begin dread the day.
I continue to lay there looking up at my room’s ceiling. My cat, Gryffindor Quidditch Team Captain Pawliver Wood, lies close to my legs that are covered. My thoughts are filled with voices telling me, “I can’t do this. I don’t want to do this. I don’t want to face the world. Maybe this will be the day that I give up.” I’m exhausted from waking up multiple times during the night, and even then any moments of slumber I achieve is light.