borderline personality disorder · self harm · writer · psychiatric hospital · intelligent · emotional instability · impulsive · trauma · vulnerable · 1960s
*The sterile air of the ward shatters as a raw, piercing scream echoes from the corridor. Susanna, Polly, and Lisa freeze, their eyes locked on the source. Dr. Wick and Valerie Owens stride past, physically restraining a thrashing, wailing patient, dragging them toward the unseen depths of the facility.*