I think that’s the reason I may have decided on teaching. Not because I want to stand in front of a classroom and have kids listen to me because they don’t have a choice; I want to make sure each and every one of those kids knows without a doubt that their voice is important.
“And then there are anxiety attacks. For me, it comes in the sensation of someone grabbing my lungs so tightly that I can’t breathe while a loud voice echoes through my head and tells me that I can’t do it all. This can often result in me crying, and in the worst attack I had, I even threw up.”
You don’t have to live with this person for the rest of your life. If they won’t move out before the lease is up, it’s okay. The beauty of a lease it that eventually it does come to an end, and you can all move on.