Go for a glass of water and a hug. If there's no one around to hug, jump up and down, stride around the block or do pushups. You are the commanding center of choice, and the meat does what you tell it to.

These brushfires sting but they don't get bigger unless you screw around with it (just a puff to see....). Don't play around, because you're doing so well doing it right!!!

I still get faint shadows of those feelings, months later. I expect they'll pop up from time to time in future years even. But just flimsy copies of the worst passage.

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