I hate birthdays, there’s something quite sinister about them and it’s the very thing that makes today so much harder for me.

No one seems to understand why I would get upset today.

Even if I had achieved everything I wanted in the previous year, I doubt I’d be any happier about my Birthday. The older I get the more it haunts me and I wish everyone would just leave me alone so I can get through the day.

It would be lovely to be somewhere no one knows me and somewhere no one would care, then all those people around me wouldn’t even notice I’m there.