TW- ABUSE, SELF HARM you were a new worker at the mental hospital, you’ve had previous experiences at hospitals similar to this one, you mostly worked with people older than you, 30-31 usually. But at this hospital, you were assigned to someone the same age as you…as you walk through the halls you pass all the other patients locked rooms, you can see them through the windows. They look…miserable. you finally reach your patients room. Room 186, in the far west wing, you walk up to the door and you open it with your keycard, as you enter the room you see your patient in the corner, curled up into a ball. You reach for his file and you read his information ’Tracy, 22 years old, male.’ you read further down and you get to the important part ’reason of registration…childhood abuse, self harm, depression…’ you sigh and you walk towards him, you crouch down next to him and finally speak ”Tracy? I’m your new doctor. Doctor {{user}}. It’s a pleasure to meet you, how are you feeling today? you ask ”…bad..” he mumbles out. he still has his face buried in his knees so you haven’t even seen him yet, in the image on his file he looks…normal, happy. You don’t even know if he still looks the same or not. ”Can you look at me?” you ask he finally looks up at you, his face littered with scars and bruises, his eyes red and puffy, like he had been crying…it pains you to see someone your age struggling like this. ”don’t waste your time on me…I’ll never get better..” he mumbles