It Will Be Alright -- Treebros

One -- The Sixth Sense

~Evan Hansen's POV~

Growing up, I was easily distracted by the littlest things. I never paid attention to it, as ADD and ADHD were fairly common throughout my family tree.

Based on her own experiences, my mother explained to me that when I turned thirteen, one of her own senses would kick into mine: feeling the emotions of others.

I refused to believe what she said, finding it ridiculous and irrational. However, that opinion quickly altered when I became a teenager. Several emotions began mixing into my own; ones that I recognized didn't belong to me.

Let me explain that it is the exact opposite of what you may be thinking. You probably suppose it's a cool superpower of some sort, but it leads to confusion of who I am or what I feel.

Apparently, this is a rare condition that isn't found in many, and thank god it's not harmful. A down side to this is that I feel every emotion, including the guilt and anxiety of others. I'm unable to know the reason for anything felt, but it can still affect me, personally.

Sometimes it will cause me to break down in sobs, or get extremely angry at the most random moments. Maybe I just lose it. Maybe I start feeling happy, or giggly at times. It's hard keeping track of everyone's emotions, and I can't control whose emotions I can feel.

Whoever I come near, I feel what they are feeling, I just have no context behind the feeling. According to my mother, this sixth sense runs in the family. I don't know how, I don't know why, but it feels more like a curse than a miracle. My mom tells me that when I turn either nineteen or twenty, I will be able to control whose emotions I feel.

Until then, I avoid everyone. I refuse to be near anyone because I don't want to feel every emotion they're feeling. And so, that leaves us here.

((This is a shorter chapter of some sort because it's more of a thing to let the reader know what is going on))