The Boy Who Couldn’t Read
Shame, Anxiety and Other Monsters of the Mind
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8 min readJun 27, 2023
The air hung heavy, infused with warring scents of stale popcorn, aging molten nacho cheese and bowling shoe disinfectant.
Parents stood huddled around my friends and I as we showed off our new acquisitions. The birthday party was winding down, and we were all a sweaty mess — somehow simultaneously amped up and…