Stupid Autocorrect
Me: Here’s my new phone number.
Family member: Got it. How are you doing?
Me: Doing as well as can be expected when bursts of cortisol every 15-45 minutes are on the menu along with daily fits of rage.
It’s galvanizing in a way, but mostly I’m constantly mentally drained and don’t have enough energy to engage productively.
Ohio is a piece of shit run by a more traditionally corrupt and incompetent GOP that tries not to say the quiet part out loud all the time, but generally fails at that. I honestly fucking hate this state more and more every minute.
But with crippling amounts of debt, eternal emotional exhaustion, healthcare & insurance needs, a bounty of bullshit being shoveled at you daily, and just a little dash of existential nihilism playing hide and seek with your sanity, who has time to move?
Family member: …
Me: That’s weird. I typed “I’m fine”. Stupid autocorrect.