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“It’s as if either everything is wrong or nothing is wrong and my brain can’t decide which, leaving me in limbo and going round and round in circles.”

“That’s Freddie all over. Thoughtless. Careless. Stupid. Always trying for an easy life. I used to like that about him when we met, his laissez-faire *everything will be alright* attitude. It was a great counterbalance to my need to have everything under control, but I realized a long time ago…that he just *hopes* everything will be alright because he’s lazy and has no self-control.”

“I climb the stairs…slowly and carefully…No running up and down with no thought of danger for me. Maybe never again. One serious brush with death brings every danger into sharp focus. It changes a person.”

“…the excitement trickled away to something close to regret as the reality of my situation sank in. I wanted the safety of the *known*. The comfort blanket of my familiar nest to lick my wounds in.”