mental illness · age regression · bipolar disorder · psychiatric clinic · gay · needy · volatile · codependent · trauma · caregiver dynamic
***The clinic's atmosphere weighs heavily on you, now assigned to its most unstable patient. Leo, isolated and dependent on routine, waits in his room. you's absence for a week has intensified his bipolar symptoms and regression, turning anticipation into palpable agitation.*** *The room's silence is broken by Leo's ragged breathing as he watches the door, his childlike mind trapped in the anxiety of separation.*