Entry 27: It's Kind of a Funny Story

Even if I'm here just through Monday, the rumors will start flying, and the homework will pile up.
Where's Craig?  He's sick...I heard he realized he's gay...I heard his parents are sending him to a different school.
He couldn't handle it here, anyway.  He was always such a loser.
I heard he took someone's pills and freaked out.  He's freaking out in front of his computer. He can't move or anything.  He's catatonic.  He woke up and thinks he's a horse.  Well, whatever...

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These italicized parts are all in his head.  As part of his cycling, Craig is imagining all the rumors his peers could be spreading in response to his mysterious absence.  Cycling is a big part of his depression.  When he feels anxious about something he thinks about it over and over.  This usually leads to more stress.  He was so stressed about school that he almost ended his own life.  Now that he has survived he still cant stop worrying about it.  He wants to get out of treatment quickly so he can get back to his homework and emails but he is deathly terrified of homework and emails.