Days Like This

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“I feel terrible," she said. "I can’ t sleep, I cry all the time, and I don’ twant to do anything around the house."

Her symptoms seemed mind-numbingly mundane. I’ d heard a dozen similar stories in the past week alone, probably thousands over the years, and I had to remind myself that for her, this was a singular experience.’ ‹