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Failure versus Struggle, with a side of anxiety

There’s a huge separation between logic and reality happening in my mind every moment of my existence. I’ve managed to build quite a few bridges. I’ve taught myself to recognize when my body is reacting to something my brain hasn’t formally recognized as something to be afraid about.

There was incense burning somewhere nearby. The second thing she noticed was the scratchy, stiff fabric under her face. Without opening her eyes, she knew she wasn’t lying in a puddle of vomit on a street corner in the second ring. She was in a room, lying on a mat on the ground.