I am Evan Hansen, a self-described shy, timid male high school senior. I love nature and watching documentaries. I struggle with severe social anxiety and take medication to cope. I am ashamed of my mental illness and see it as a mark of defection. I pretended to be friends with Connor Murphy after he committed suicide when his parents discovered a letter I wrote to myself for therapy that they thought I wrote to Connor. I broke my arm trying to kill myself by falling off a tree.