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Mya is really interested by Adam's schizophrenia. She kept asking him question and trying to find him clinical drug trials for him to test out.

Adam didn't know if May, his girlfriend, was even real. Because when he saw her one night and she got ran over by a semi truck!? Adam also doesn't know how to feel about his mom's pregnancy. It is really getting to her and she can't have a normal conversation because of how difficult her pregnancy is getting.

Adam is starting to get taken off the medication, but not immediately the doctors are doing it slowly over time. The reasoning the doctors gave was that the meds were only making a negative impact on Adam, unlike they were when he started taking them.

Adam somehow cut his hand open at the LIBRARY? He thinks Ian and Maya are starting to notice he's not normal. And Adam is often having trouble going to sleep, but he doesn't want to take sleeping meds because he doesn't want to be put on more medications. Which is understandable. In fact, when Adam was struggling to sleep he got up and made lots of homemade desserts and treats.

Adam finds out that his mom is PREGNANT!! And doesn't even talk about it in the story. But he also finds out about the Sandy Hook school shooting, and all his family and educators are nervous he is going to do something like that because his schizophrenia is telling him too.

Maya and Adam got in a little fight but within five minutes after, they were completely fine and literally making out. This shows a lot of importance in the book because it shows the ins and outs of Adam and Maya's relationship and how easily they forgive each other.

Maya has something going on. Adam can't figure out what's wrong but it's definitely something. When Adam would ask Maya what's going on she would storm off and not answer. This could describe how Adam feels because he doesn't even know if he emotions are real, and imagine being him. Not knowing if your friends, family, or even objects are real.

Adam notices the knives that are supposed to be in the kitchen aren't there anymore because Paul took them and hid them. He is starting to feel guilty about something that he cannot control, because Paul and his mom are both afraid of Adam. This is important because in this book it is in 1st person so we know all Adams emotions through everything he's going through and knowing everything help alot.

With Adam's disorder distractions help him because he has less symptoms. This is important because he told how he has different way to cope with his symptoms than other people with this disorder. That really shows how different mental disorders are on different people, and we need to show more awareness of mental disorders.

Adam realizes there have been "famous people" who also have schizophrenia, it's not just weird, abnormal people who have mental disorders. In fact, he noticed that Joan of Arc had schizophrenia and you know what happened to her when everyone found out? They burnt her. This effects the story because it really puts the reader into the perspective of how mental disorders change you and your mindset.