Q: Should we be concerned about your mysterious leave?
A: you can if you want. basically the way my brain works is i have no way to stop myself from thinking i can do everything. over time i've developed better and better coping tools, but, at the same time i also get better and better at thinking i can do everything. this has always created enormous logistical problems for me, and it's crushed me many times and yet i have also overcome it many times. so we'll see what happens