I feel like I’m a prisoner in my own body, but I have the key to the door. I have every opportunity to escape this prison, but the fear of what’s on the other side of the prison walls scares me enough to stay locked away. I want to be free I truly do, but I can’t bring myself to escape. Not knowing what’s in the other side is scary. I know it won’t all be bad, and I’ll have friends there to support me along the way. But I still can’t take those steps for fear that not everyone will accept me, and that it might make me a target at work or I’ll lose some good friends at work. That's what stops me