Stress Attack!

When you are in a high-stress situation you will not be able to eat. You will feel hungry, you will feel the acid level rising in your stomach, but you will not be able to chew. You will burp a lot. You will not feel the need to brush your teeth since the acid level in your mouth will make your teeth squeaky clean. Your breath however, will smell unpleasantly of bile.

You will lose the three kilos that you were so proud to have put on.

You will not be able to sleep at night, and you will not be able to get out of bed during the day.

You will try to go about your day as usual, thinking that this is the way to control the stress, and to save those close to you from distress. You will try to read, you will force yourself to blog. You will act normal and happy and cheery. But you will not be able to fool your mom.

And when your charade has continued for too long, your body will break down and you will weep uncontrollably and fall asleep for short spells. You will finally give in to your body’s wisdom and feel much better for it.

And when evening draws close, and your mind tells you you must get out of the house, you will shun your close, perceptive friend and choose the other whom you can fool.

You may decide to go for a film, hoping that the emotionally overwrought state you’ve been through will heighten the film experience. And of course, you will realize you’re a nut for hoping so!