I made so many promises when I arrived here. Now I'm not so sure. Now I'm worried. Now my mind is a traitor because my thoughts crawl out of bed every morning with darting eyes and sweating palms and nervous giggles that sit in my chest, build in my chest, threaten to burst through my chest, and the pressure is tightening and tightening and tightening. Life around here isn't what I expected it to be.
This quote from ---Tahereh Mafi--- evocatively captures the internal turmoil that accompanies unmet expectations and the heavy burden of anxiety. It paints a vivid image of how thoughts can become almost physically oppressive, manifesting as nervous giggles and physiological symptoms like sweating palms and darting eyes, which suggest an acute sense of nervousness or panic. The phrase "my mind is a traitor" powerfully conveys the betrayal one feels when their own...
