"Why is it so hard to just be myself when someone is around?"

The room was still buzzing with laughter and excited chatter from the other students, but to Simon, it all seemed like a distant echo. He was drawing faster now, almost as if he wanted to capture his emotions in graphite before they evaporated into the heavy air of the room.

The sound of his pencil continued to scratch against the paper, while the tension in the room slowly grew—a silent dance between Simon’s insecurity and the new life that seemed about to begin with him.

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He's not shy, he has social anxiety and depression.

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