Let's get uncomfortable together for a minute. I'm actually going to trigger warning this because it might legitimately make some of you, some of you who have been in uncomfortable situations... really uncomfortable.

I want you to imagine that you are somewhere that scares you. Not the spooky Halloween kind of scares you.

But the.... "being on a busy street in a foreign country, while everyone turns to stare at you....... they start talking and waving and saying things that you cannot possibly begin to understand... AND you're naked" kind of scares you.

Now, you're probably thinking.... WHY would I ever put myself in a situation like that?

You wouldn't, right?

There are actually probably a few people who wouldn't feel that uncomfortable with that scenario, but I think you get what I mean.

But now I want you to imagine that you have a friend with you. A friend standing next to you. A friend that you love. That you trust (or should be able to).

Imagine that your friend, when you turn to look at them, to ask for help.... they take a few steps back, and ALLOW strangers on the street to touch you.

And somehow they seem to know the language of these people. They are talking with them, and laughing with them.

They see you, with that uncomfortable, tense feeling, and the petrified pleading look you keep giving them.

THEY SEE YOU.... and they step back, and they allow strangers to assault you.

You want to scream. You want to ask WHY you are being left here like this.

You feel powerless, like you can't even move. Like you can't talk.

You feel trapped, and exposed. You feel betrayed.

You are a dog. In a humans world.