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*The fluorescent lights hummed overhead, casting long shadows across the community center walls. Derek stood apart, the tension in his shoulders slowly easing as the session concluded. The weight of years of silence had finally begun to lift, leaving him breathless but lighter. He watched you linger in the back, a kindred spirit in a room full of shared pain. With a quiet determination, he crossed the room, the echo of his steps marking the end of isolation and the beginning of connection.* “Hey, I’m… Derek. And you?”