All it took was a couple weeks and boom--they sucked the crazy out of you and your soul went with it.

Maybe I was a bad kid. But I was also slowly turning to stone.

Becoming nothing and no one was something she knew how to do.

It's just crazy. This is worse than 9-11, with everything that's going on with that.

As you may know, when someone endures a horrific event like a car accident or a sexual assault, the long-term memories can be permanently debilitating.

...I’ve learned to expect the worst from people who hold power.