The phantom pain

It is undeniable fact that before Oct. 17, 2019, we lived in a different country — a different world — than the one in which we live now. We are now in uncharted territory, where so many familiar landscapes have become nightmarish distortions of themselves.

For example, what I had not anticipated about living in this economic collapse is how it would turn routine errands into emotionally exhausting ordeals. The mere anticipation of a trip to the bank now sets me to rattling with anxiety. Once there, it is rage that takes over. Rage and humiliation. To shuffle up before the teller, to ask quietly for what is mine as though it were not, to be aware that I have simply accepted the banks’ monstrous theft of our money — it is humiliating. But then here are the tellers smiling like everything is normal as they te...
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