To the Editor:
Just when I am ready to relax at the end of the day the %$&@#! fireworks start. I go from room to room looking for an escape. Terror and panic set in and nothing anyone says or does can ease my anxiety. I am completely out of control. My heart is beating so hard and so fast and my entire body is shaking. I’m afraid I might die. I am so stressed out!
Whatever happened to setting off fireworks on the Fourth of July only? I am prepared for that. I take a pill and go off to my happy place.
July 8, 2020
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