The Chill Pill

ISSUE #59

A big part of being alive is having to get out of bed when you don't want to. One of the worst parts, actually. A lot of people around me are stressed out right now when we shouldn't be, myself included. It's summer, after all, it shouldn't be like this. So I wanted to make another playlist to help anyone who might be needing to calm down on the way home from a bad day at work, or, god forbid, stave off a panic attack (a bit of a riff off my first playlist). Gotta clear the air first if you're gonna salvage some random Tuesday. Maybe your trouble's at home, maybe it's at work. Try this wherever you need to step away.

I've had some catastrophic thinking lately, like that everyone will leave me, or I’ll get punched. Plus I had a nightmare last night where Forky tried to kill me. His face was on every billboard and outlined in neon on skyscrapers, like some king of madness. When he found me, he was with a woman whose legs went up to her neck. They tried to pierce my guts with a needle. So you can see where my head is right now.

Anxiety exists, and the best we can do is address it for seven seconds, then breathe.