"Are you okay" is such a threatening question because I understand that giving off any impression of discontent is unacceptable under the roof of the people who feed me, in the company of people who care about me. I couldn't stop myself from crying at work or breaking down in school and I wanted to swerve into oncoming traffic and every day became a blur of tears and the hallway carpet I would collapse on when I got home and your asking me if I'm okay wasn't good enough because you only wanted the right answer.
Skimrande