Srinagar, May 27 -- On that night, I had cried inconsolably. Everything just collapsed inside me. Life had become too loud in my mind and too quiet on the outside. The gap between who I am and who I'm supposed to be. People not understanding me. Me not understanding myself. Expectations versus reality, dreams that didn't match the days, the weight of things unspoken, the pain of holding it all in. I was trying to hold it all together, but it all came crashing down, silently. No one heard me. Or so I thought?I remember lying on my bed, lights off, face buried in my pillow. My body was shaking with sobs, but I never once let a single one out loud. I kept my hand over my mouth every time a cry tried to escape. I didn't want to be heard. I di...