A common cold ends up being not so common, and you’re plunged into the twilight of something that steals your mind. In the fall of 2015, I moved across the country to go to university in New York City. I loved my new roommates, my new city, my new life. I’d been happy before, but there was always something off. As I started orientation, for the first time, everything seemed to fall into place. Less than a week in, I caught a cold from my roommate. It rapidly got worse.