The shower had helped, Jones realized as she slipped on jeans and dabbed some concealer under her eyes. Getting dressed helped too. It was one of the little ways she often tried to trick her brain into functioning. Jeans, a nice shirt, and fancy shoes were sometimes enough to get her out into the world. The costume of an okay person. She wanted to be annoyed with Elsie for having a point, but it was the same advice she often gave herself. Nothing fixed her depression, but sometimes these little things shifted the bricks weighing her down just enough that she could draw in a breath and move a
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