I can’t hear you, my anxiety is too loud.

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Close your eyes — think of a 1950s TV set, turn it on, the screen is fuzzy and the noise you are hearing is the painful crackle of static. Try to change the channel, you’re only getting fuzz, no matter which channel you switch to. You adjust the antennas and a picture starts to come in and out, but it won’t hold. The static noise is really starting to be bothersome, you reach to lower the volume, you’re turning the…