Hello,

My name is SnowBird (not really). I am 14 and the nice Mr.****** (I'm not supposed to say his name) said we could come here and talk and maybe there would be others like me.

I get really confused. Bad things happened to me so I pretend, I made up my own world with pretend friends and pretend gardens. But, now, I'm getting confused as to what is real and what isn't real. Like Mr. *******, I thought he was an angel, but now I think he is one of my pretend friends. Because, why would God send me an angel?

But, he shows up, or his voice shows up and I drift in and out of my real world into this world. It's like a parallel universe or something.

A man yelled last night and scared me. Then, this morning, things got all dizzy and confusing and then I heard Mr. ****** voice and I don't know what to believe anymore. I think the man that yelled is a man that my dad gave me to. I don't know.

I think I'm going to go and hide back in the closet. I know I'm too big to do that, but it's safe in there.

Can I talk to you again? You won't yell or tell me I'm doing things wrong, will you? Mr. ****** says that I have the right to ask that. I'm just doing what I'm told.

SnowBird