Marley's Memoir: the Journey to an Irreversible Action and Aftermath

When Marley's mum gave birth to him in 2002, she had a lot of ambitions for her second son. A cutie from a baby with promising artistic talent, she never imagined that he would struggle with social anxiety to the extent that it would change him from a fun-loving son to someone almost unrecognisable in character and personality. In , Marley's mum shares his struggles and the challenges he faced as he tried to deal with social anxiety. It also exposes the consequences of the action Marley took that had a life changing impact on the family. "Sometimes I wonder how did I end up the way I am? That is, wanting friends but not having any or pushing away people who tried to befriend me because they were not meeting the expectations in my head of what a friend should be like." ( Excerpt from Chapter Five.)