[Elizabeth thought the walk home from the institute would help sort her out, help her calm down. But what Robert had said made all of the hair on the back of her neck stand on end. This isn't right. This isn't right...]
[Now, whenever she thought of Robert held down by restraints in a sterile room, Elizabeth felt like covering her head and screaming until her skin stopped crawling. Some little voice inside of her said that it was normal, that thinking about a relative being mentally ill was disquieting to say the least. But the bigger part of her was experiencing a full-blown panic attack. Because it was her in the restraints, it was her in the room, it was her screaming, and screaming, and screaming--]
[She runs the rest of the way to the house, slams the door behind her, puts her back to it before she can faint onto the floor. This wasn't right, this wasn't her home, she wasn't safe here.]
Help... [Elizabeth's nails are digging into her cheeks. She's going insane, she doesn't know which end is up. What was she supposed to do?]
DAD!! [She's screaming at the top of her voice, sobbing.] Please be here, please be home! Don't tell me I'm alone here!!
[End of Day 4]
[Elizabeth thought the walk home from the institute would help sort her out, help her calm down. But what Robert had said made all of the hair on the back of her neck stand on end. This isn't right. This isn't right...]
[Now, whenever she thought of Robert held down by restraints in a sterile room, Elizabeth felt like covering her head and screaming until her skin stopped crawling. Some little voice inside of her said that it was normal, that thinking about a relative being mentally ill was disquieting to say the least. But the bigger part of her was experiencing a full-blown panic attack. Because it was her in the restraints, it was her in the room, it was her screaming, and screaming, and screaming--]
[She runs the rest of the way to the house, slams the door behind her, puts her back to it before she can faint onto the floor. This wasn't right, this wasn't her home, she wasn't safe here.]
Help... [Elizabeth's nails are digging into her cheeks. She's going insane, she doesn't know which end is up. What was she supposed to do?]
DAD!! [She's screaming at the top of her voice, sobbing.] Please be here, please be home! Don't tell me I'm alone here!!