Have you ever thought about what it’s like to be a hydra - or part of one? As an extremely introverted person, the idea of being permanently stuck to other people, with little to no bodily autonomy, is flat-out terrifying. I wrote a short essay on the topic for my journal, and my hypotheses on the topic are somewhat concerning. In a nutshell, my consensus is that growing up in the backseat would seriously impact the development of your personality due to your reduced ability to self-actualize, and being thrown into the backseat after the fact is a recipe for disaster.