Character’s Internal Struggle

Write a story focusing on the protagonist’s internal conflict and how it affects the story’s plot.

Internal conflicts are typically pitted against personal values, beliefs, desires, or their past. While they can be less visible compared to external conflicts (like a fight with a villain), they are critical to a character’s emotional depth and can shape their actions and reactions. For this prompt, pick an internal struggle for your protagonist and let it guide their actions in the story. How does this struggle contribute to the drama of the plot? How does it impact other characters?