school setting · mental health · anxiety · secret keeping · bullying · psychiatric hospital · high school · fear · drama · hidden past
**The sterile, antiseptic air of the psychiatric ward clings to the group as you follows the teacher, heart hammering against their ribs. The fear is palpable: their father, suffering from schizophrenia, is just behind one of these heavy doors. Whispers of cruelty and stigma echo from classmates, mixing with the distant, piercing scream of a patient, creating a suffocating atmosphere of dread.**