There were days when we ached to feel loved, surrounded by the warmth of family and friends, and nights when we were alone, but the walls still felt too close, and we learned to dissociate, to drift away from the hurt. It was like pressing a pause button on our emotions, creating a safe space in our minds where the chaos couldn’t reach us. We would close our eyes and imagine we were somewhere else, somewhere safe and happy, where love was the norm. We created an army of Lost Boys to cope with