The Cleveland paramedics had been to the same boarding house twice in a month, but the man tearing through the front yard at three in the morning was new. Devon, twenty-three, was barefoot in February snow, drenched in sweat, swinging at invisible attackers. His core temperature in the ambulance read one hundred and six. His … Read more
The Cleveland paramedics had been to the same boarding house twice in a month, but the man tearing through the front yard at three in the morning was new. Devon, twenty-three, was barefoot in February snow, drenched in sweat, swinging at invisible attackers. His core temperature in the ambulance read one hundred and six. His … Read more
Marcus was sitting in his Phoenix apartment at 2 a.m. with a bottle of his mother’s old hydrocodone in one hand and his phone in the other. The 31-year-old warehouse supervisor had not slept in four days. His sister had moved out the previous weekend, his lease renewal letter had arrived Tuesday, and the panic … Read more
Marcus was sitting in his Phoenix apartment at 2 a.m. with a bottle of his mother’s old hydrocodone in one hand and his phone in the other. The 31-year-old warehouse supervisor had not slept in four days. His sister had moved out the previous weekend, his lease renewal letter had arrived Tuesday, and the panic … Read more
Marisol had spent eleven years managing Ehlers-Danlos syndrome before she finally tried therapy in Tucson. The first counselor told her that her chronic pain was “psychosomatic” and suggested she try yoga. The second one kept asking, with kind eyes, when she planned to “get back to normal.” By the third intake, Marisol cried in the … Read more
Marisol had spent eleven years managing Ehlers-Danlos syndrome before she finally tried therapy in Tucson. The first counselor told her that her chronic pain was “psychosomatic” and suggested she try yoga. The second one kept asking, with kind eyes, when she planned to “get back to normal.” By the third intake, Marisol cried in the … Read more
Eleanor Park, a 34-year-old graphic designer in Minneapolis, started keeping a notebook on her nightstand the week she finally admitted to her therapist that her anxiety had quietly tripled since the start of the year. Her therapist did not prescribe a complicated protocol. She simply asked Eleanor to write for fifteen minutes before bed, four … Read more
Eleanor Park, a 34-year-old graphic designer in Minneapolis, started keeping a notebook on her nightstand the week she finally admitted to her therapist that her anxiety had quietly tripled since the start of the year. Her therapist did not prescribe a complicated protocol. She simply asked Eleanor to write for fifteen minutes before bed, four … Read more
Marcus Reyes, a 41-year-old emergency-room nurse in Tucson, picked up knitting after his second pandemic burnout. He chose it almost at random. A coworker brought a half-finished baby blanket to a debrief and Marcus, who had spent the previous month doomscrolling between shifts, asked her where she had bought the yarn. Six months later he … Read more
Marcus Reyes, a 41-year-old emergency-room nurse in Tucson, picked up knitting after his second pandemic burnout. He chose it almost at random. A coworker brought a half-finished baby blanket to a debrief and Marcus, who had spent the previous month doomscrolling between shifts, asked her where she had bought the yarn. Six months later he … Read more