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remember filling out a form. There was a lady
with short, blond hair... professionally styled.
I remember walking with her in a dark building
for a while... helping her carry something? The
building was lit by dim rope lights strung around
the outsides of a couple cubicals and office
windows... the main lights were off... the
building was empty. We
got to her office.
[dream skip] I got to
her office. She was showing a tall young man
out... he had an appointment for the next week.
She told me to enter and sit. I sat against the
side wall... a good four or five feet away from
her desk. She pulled out a file drawer and put
notes into the boy's folder.
...she moved to another folder,
one with my name on it, and pulled out the form.
I remember thinking, "I have a
folder?!" I suddenly recognized the
form. It was written with black ink in a
scratchy, scribbled handwriting and I remembered
filling it out. For some reason, I'd answered all
the questions truthfully... my moods... the
rush... everything except for the fact that I
self-injured. At the end was something like, "I
thought maybe you could help me."
I was panicked. It was a
mistake. I didn't want to be there. Why did I
give her that form?! I had to get out of there. I
couldn't think. I had to get out get out get out
get out!
She advised I take some
medication. I declined. Then it struck me. "I
don't have insurence."
It was her turn to worry. "You
don't?"
I won. I could leave. I could
hear her thinking. If I couldn't pay, she would
have to terminate this meeting. Dream knowledge
interferred for a moment and explained that my
school would pay for this one meeting... but that
was all.
The lady dug through her purse.
[dream skip] The lady
dug through a drawer. She explained that she got
medication samples and that she could give me
some. She found a small bottle and dumped three
[dream skip] four white,
round pills into my hand.
I froze, chills going through
me. I couldn't take these... I wouldn't. "No...."
She spoke... something about
forcing me to take them... to see if they would
help level my moods enough to get help myself.
She would watch me take one every day to make
sure I took them.
"No... I can't take
these...."
"You will...."
...and I woke up.
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