The only thing that gave me comfort in the attic was thinking about my family. Now I'm home, but it's not the home I imagined. Not the family I imagined. I'd convinced myself that they'd continued on with their happy, carefree lives without me, that they were doing it double, because I couldn't do it at all. I was wrong. Clara Kensie
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In the attic, I thought that I would have a happy, carefree life with my family. However, when I decided to come home, I realised that they were not doing it double at all. They were just going on with their lives, doing things without worrying about me being in the attic. It was also very difficult to have the idea of being the only one in the family.

I didn't know how to do anything and wanted to be a grown-up so much. So, when I came out of the attic, I was very unsure of what to do.

Source: Aftermath

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