Towards the one hand, the newest isolation worse a lot of the problems he was currently with to psychological state. Alex, now an effective junior, got sexually mistreated into the middle school, and you may is later on diagnosed with stress, depression and you can PTSD. NPR is not using Alex’s past label to guard his confidentiality as the a minor.

“Actually, in the event that one thing, it managed to get even worse,” he says. The guy thought involved, and he constantly concerned their abuser do come across him.