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dinosaurcharcuterie · 1 year ago

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Ah, yes. Anxiety hitting at 1 am in a semi unfamiliar place.

What are those noises? Common sense says the massive boiler in the next room subtly making sure the pressure on all pipes is safe, maybe the 50-yo house settling in the night.

But there's a really loud minority in my brain, let's call it The Terrors, insisting the noises are very polite and considerate axe murdering burglars who will only kill me and my wife and extended family if they're disturbed while wading through my parents' pantry and my mom's 20 years of math problem solutions.

#chronic illness #anxiety disorder #“it gets worse with fatigue and staying up late--” I NEEDED TO PEE #Dad decided to install motion sensors on the back door hall light #you don't need to touch the light switch if you have grubby hands #it turns on an off randomly in the night #probably because the wind shakes the back door in front of it #or maybe there's a mouse #my brain still thinks the quietest human beings in creation have broken in and are ignoring all things of value #I'm pretty sure the running shoes I got 15 years ago are of no vintage resale value #but WHAT IF cry the Terrors #sometimes therapy means you still lie awake for two hours--you're just exasperated instead of terrified

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