Tag: Mental Health
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Consensus: Part 3
The days flew by. It was both a relief and a surprise at how well the medications were working. Melvin had heard how sometimes it could take several rounds of trying one medication after another until they found what worked, but it seemed they’d gotten it right on the first try. What was more, the…
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Consensus: Part 1
There is no such thing as a comfortable waiting room. No matter how many scent diffusers, art, or couches are used, everyone in the waiting room will be uncomfortable. At least, that’s Melvin’s opinion. He bounced his knee up and down while he waited, trying to manage his anxiety. Years of effort had led up…
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Hard Days
(Image provided by Annette Forrest Taylor) Get up. The injunction was there, hanging in the air like a floating balloon just out of reach. There’s nothing wrong with you, just get up. He did not get up. He wasn’t sad, or angry, or…anything, really. No desire at all for anything filled him to the brim.…
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System Management
(Photo by Pixabay) The couch was not a comfortable place to spend the night. At least, that was Wilfred’s opinion. They had a perfectly good bed to sleep in but, for reasons he couldn’t understand, he was in the minority when it came to their preferred places to sleep. At least the alarm had been…
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Overthinking Part 1
(Photo by meo) Dreams were the only place Simeon felt truly comfortable. He always knew it was a dream and he could do whatever he liked. Most of the time that meant he spent his dreams going to foreign places and seeing the sights. He took a cruise into the arctic. He walked around the…
Bridge of Broken Glass 