Not exactly the most direct connection, but I can still relate to it. This man suffered from insomnia and walked around at night to deal with his problem. However, because of his appearance he was judged by the people around him. He would make people move to the other side of the street, close their car doors when he passed, or even just walk faster and look back every few minutes to see if he was still there. He changed his routine to try to make these people feel better, even though he wasn't doing anything wrong. For example, when Staples wrote, "If I happen to enter a building behind some people who seem shady, I might walk past them, letting them clear the lobby before I return, so as not to appear to be following them." . (Staples 136). The way I connect is that I also felt like I had to change for someone else. I changed the way I dressed and behaved so that someone would accept me. I wasn't doing anything wrong by being myself before, but I felt like I needed to change to be what someone else wanted me to be instead of being