Billie refuses to attend important rituals, like her graduation ceremony or funerals. Why do you suppose this is? Her mother tells her she’ll regret it later. Does she? What’s your opinion about such rituals?
Billie struggles with shared social rituals, and avoiding them may be her way of avoiding confusion or emotional overwhelm. Whether she regrets it is complicated—she may intellectually understand their importance later, but that doesn’t mean they would have felt meaningful to her in the moment.