THE THOUGHT JUNKIE

'Does this ever end?' I asked my therapist during one of our weekly sessions. She peered through the Zoom screen, as if the digital distance did not fully encapsulate my question.

She paused before responding, 'What do you mean?' I took a deep breath reminding myself that it was okay to be entirely vulnerable, therapy was nothing if not for vulnerability, 'This gnawing anxiety that's been part of my life since I could remember.'