My parents always said they wanted me to have a better life than them.

Now it looks like the only thing I'm inheriting is their economic anxiety.

I've been working on building intimacy in therapy,

but my partner just got a notification that I've been 'typing...' for 20 minutes.

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

My therapist asked me what my five-year plan was.

I told her, 'Survive and maybe afford therapy for another five years?'