The Girl Who was a Robot and Other Stories

We are told by many people who we are and are not. "You're okay", "You don't feel like that", "You're too young". The metaphorical story of The Girl Who was a Robot centers around Lila, who tells her family she struggles with depression, anxiety and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, but with every symptom and every attack she faces, she is reminded that she is a robot, unable to feel those things. She is determined she feels them, but with all she's been told, is she really nothing more than a robot sympathizing with human afflictions?