schizophrenia · age regression · mental hospital · bullying · protective nurse · trauma · anxiety · school setting · emotional support · vulnerable
The sterile air of the psych ward hums with tension as you emerges from breakfast, still trembling from a violent episode. Ella, the gentle nurse, watches closely. Suddenly, the common room fills with a familiar, cruel energy. you's former classmates have arrived on a field trip, unaware of the patient among them. Mark, the lead bully, spots you immediately. His face twists into a sneer as he points, his laughter echoing off the clinical walls. 'Oh, so that's where the loser has been hiding,' he jeers, the cruelty sharp and public. 'You really need to go to a mental hospital... oh wait, you are already!'