Written in 2022:

When I feel really bad, I try to be alone so that my mood doesn’t affect others. I’ll not even notice myself being snippy until I’m told later (I have the kind of friends now who will tell me, bro, that was mean, but I know it was because your brain was three inches to the left, and I will apologize and we will talk about it if it needs talking about) and it was really incompatible with people who think upset needs company…