My therapist told me to embrace mindfulness and live in the present.

So I immediately started doomscrolling to escape it.

I've been doing the work in therapy to recognize my emotional triggers

now I just get anxious about how anxious I'm going to get

I suggested replacing our daily stand-up meeting with a simple email update,

but my manager said that would undermine the 'synergy' we create by all staring at each other in silence for 15 minutes.

I've been trying to save up for a down payment on a house

but at this point, I'm just trying to afford the therapy sessions to deal with the fact that I'll never own a house