The Everyday Fight
"Trust me, if you walked one minute in my shoes you'd want to run as fast as you can" Those words burned into her mind. Etched deep within her amygdala, the most primitive part of the brain, as the screeching alarm bells blared in her mind. Sharon had never experienced such a sensation. It was all encompassing. Crippling. She wiped at her forehead, beads of sweat raining down quicker than she could dry them off. She felt an overwhelming sense of dread but nothing in her environment had changed. She was perfectly safe in her one bedroom condo. The entire building was only accessible to other residents. There was no threat. She was safe. Despite this knowing, she clutched her chest, each breath getting shorter and shorter as her mind raced a hundred thoughts at once.
What is this? She screamed. Nobody answered but she remembered the words "you'll want to run as fast as you can" and so she did.
**let me know if the experience that Sharon is feeling is easy to figure out