
The Emptiness of Fear
When I was little, I’d often find myself staring at the darkened ceiling unable to fall asleep because I was afraid. Imaginary scenarios would swirl around in my mind on repeat with each one getting scarier and scarier than the last. There was the time I thought my house was going to catch on fire, the time I was convinced a murderer was going to shoot me through my bedroom window, and that one night I thought someone had probably planted a bomb in our basement for no specifi