Quiet Things

Overstimulation, doomscrolling, and giving yourself grace

Last week, quite unexpectedly, I had myself a quiet little meltdown.

My body ached, all I wanted to do was sleep, and yet there I was scrolling through Instagram or texting friends or watching dumb videos. The radio was on, and I was kinda-sorta checking the score of the hockey game. Oh, and I was halfway reading Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. …