Why stress, when I can just… not?

Who knew I had the power to turn off my thoughts 

My anxiety was unending, compiling and twisting into a ginormous knot

The daily dread metastasized to something as deadly as a blood clot-

Waiting to burst- my fingernails dug into my hands, leaving purplish red spots.

But, I decided to stop worrying. 

I turned a switch in my mind that trivialized everything- 

College, surgery, friendship turmoil, divorce, existentialism. 

Nothing seems as serious as it once was. 

Maybe dissociation is a bad thing, 

But it's a very efficient way of coping!