"There isn't anything wrong with me," I told a friend, when he recommended that I see a therapist. “I don't need to see a therapist!”
“T,” he said, “you don't know how to extract yourself from street-work – drive-by shootings, gang wars, homicides, and funerals. You are going to break down physically, psychologically, and emotionally.
“I won't,” I answered. Then I remembered the dizziness and fog that clouded my eyes as I passed out and urinated on myself at the mall. “You have symptoms of exhaustion – sleep problems, and constant headaches,” the doctor said. “Are you stressed?"
“No,” I said.
But yesterday I sat at my desk with the phone in my hand, contemplating. I hesitated. Then I dialed the numbers. "Hello," the receptionist said. “Could I schedule an appointment with a therapist?” I asked.
Nothing is wrong with me.
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