![]() Spencer knows what it is like to be different, to have people look at you and make judgements. He is immediately struck upon meeting Aaron, seeing his terror, and Spencer’s heart just breaks for him. Spencer Thomas is a fellow student in Aaron’s computer class. But his mother is so patient and understanding and he already feels like such a burden that Aaron agrees to try it for her. He can’t even begin to imagine being around all those people, having them stare at his scars, and putting himself out there when he can barely function as it is. Yet he doesn’t want to hurt his family any worse than they already have been, so he hangs in there and does his best to eke things out day by day. When his mother wants Aaron to try attending the local college, he is terrified. ![]() Even still, most of the time Aaron feels like he would be better off if he had died that night with his friend Juliette, the mental and physical scars are just too hard to bear. The only things holding him together are lots of medication and the never ending support of his mother. He is a shell of his former self - suffering panic attacks, afraid of being touched, barely tolerating being around other people, and terrified all the time. Two years after a brutal and horrifying attack, Aaron is still just barely hanging on. I can’t describe what it’s like to want to scream every minute of every day.Īaron Downing feels like he is dead inside. ![]() I can’t clearly articulate what it’s like to die inside. I can’t tell you about all of the horrible things I see in my head. ![]()
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