“How are you feeling?” one of the EMTs asked from the back where I was. I must have dissociated pretty hard because his words came out of nowhere. It’s always been a tactic that I used to escape harmful situations. I spend more time in the clouds than I do in real life. Sometimes when I’m distraught, I sing songs in my head. The song that I sing the most is The Weight of Love by The Black Keys.
“Huh? Oh, I f-f-feel okay. I’m just v-v-very nervous about this whole thing…” I stammered like an i***t. My sentences always sound better in my head.
“You know, it’s okay to be nervous. Our mind fears the unknown; it’s just one of those things that it does,” he said reassuringly.
“It’s just, this all feels so strange to me. It’s as if my entire life had all been a dream. Do you ever get anythi
