#pace yourself

—And then I lie down, and realize “woah. Okay, that was more of a headache than I realized. And I am breathing way harder than I should be for someone currently lying down, formerly standing and doing nothing else remotely strenuous. And it’s taking a long to go back to a reasonable breathing pattern. Also, I can think more clearly now. I didn’t even realize I was foggy.”

"Ah, yes! This torment is well known in an era where you discover Severance or Pluribus late, and it's good times, good times for everybody, and then you just end up in the fucking pit with everybody else. I knew a girl in high school who really liked Mentos, but she would only eat two or three Mentos at a time, or even just a single Mento (which I assume is the singular but cannot actively prove). If only you had taken her lead! You'd be fuckin' swimmin' in strips."

Morgan Harper Nichols

Chronic pain problems •