" Sometimes a stare comes from too much anxiety or stress. Your system can become overwhelmed." I didn't know it then. but parts inside were scared because he was looking at us so closely. He's getting too close. He's going to find out about us. I didn't make the effort to try to catch any of these thoughts. "

― Olga Trujillo , The Sum of My Parts: A Survivor's Story of Dissociative Identity Disorder