Nick

YouTube was my hideaway from the world, a simulacrum of what actually existed, except that I had some kind of...

CW: Suicidal ideations It’s only now that I want to disclose something that you might think is critical; I have...

CW: Descriptions of CSA Something that weighs on me in an undetermined way when looking back at the blank space...

Based on what I can remember, the worst of my abuse happened over the course of seventh grade, which means...

Seventh grade sucked ass. Like, major ass. The first sexual abuse happened just after the start of the school year,...

In the aftermath of the first instance of abuse, I truly hadn’t perceived any change in myself or my behavior....

CW: Descriptions of CSA It’s a cruel irony of child abuse, from the admittedly small sample size I’ve seen, that...

Like I mentioned, Michael wasn’t just the name of my best friend growing up, that was also my brother’s name....

The rest of elementary school is secondary in my mind to my friendships I made during the same time. Some...

Friendship with Michael didn’t start out in any remarkably noteworthy way. I don’t even recall our first interaction, but something...