It hit me then that my parents have now been divorced for as long as they were married . As much as I tried to stop the tears , I could n't . For the people we were then , for the person I was then , for the reality of my situation , for the pills I take every morning .
According to the above context, choose the best option to answer the following question.
Question: Why does the speaker feel that their parent 's divorce has changed them as a person ?
Options:
A. Since the divorce the parents can no longer afford to pay their bills and they had to quit school
B. None of the above choices .
C. It was a traumatic experience that permanently changed the way the speaker sees the world
D. The divorce caused the speaker to have to move to a new state and leave their friends behind


C