Its not often I find the way I view my life changed massively by something; I've read a fair number of longer emotional stories because they tend to be my favorite, I love stories that stick in my brain for years after in decent clarity because they changed my outlook on something. Most stories like this I've read have never truely ended in me changing myself as a result, and I intend to make this the first of hopefully many.
I'm not sure if its my new meds, or my mental state being stripped bare this last week, or a growing fear of rejection, or the roughly 3 mental breakdowns I've had today, but what I have read of this story so far (just finished reading the section where the MC gets a care package from their friends) and I have not found myself crying so heavily at any media for an unknown amount of time.
And I'm hoping that I'll stop lying about who and what I am to the people I love the most out of fear that they won't like me for it. I can handle a lost friend or two if it means I'm comfortable in my own skin.
Thank you for this game so far, I hope that I can create something that impacts another person as much as this has me.
Edit: I've spent so long searching for a place where I can truly be me that I haven't stopped to ask I had already found it. This story has answered the question I forgot to ask.