Elizabeth Bedlam

Hello Old Friend + While the Plants Were Dying Elizabeth Bedlam

Eve looked out the window. She wondered, why did she continue to come here? All the while her doctor drolled on and on about her goals for the week. Her depression lingered over her entire life, like a swarm of flies. Constantly ticking and buzzing in her ears, crawling over her skin, biting her where she couldn't reach. She thought once she stopped taking chemical medication and moved on to talk therapy things would improve, so far they remained about the same. She just had more homework assignments... Plagued by irrational fears, anxiety, and depression; Eve, a mentally ill eccentric, turns to Dr. Eustace Gish, in hopes of navigating her inner wounds and reuniting her fractured self. She follows his program, a series of six esoteric self-help discs that are designed to help those struggling to ascend to their higher selves.
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Terra knew she was lost in depression again when she saw three hours had passed and she hadn't noticed. She'd been mindlessly scrolling through used clothes on eBay, thinking maybe if she got the bright yellow dress, or the striped red pants, things would change. Her mood and her life, things would happen so naturally, she wouldn't even realize it. After spending a life wandering around, confused, anxious and alone, Terra, a florist, acquires a series of six esoteric self-help discs that are designed to help those struggling to ascend to their higher selves from her sister's yard sale.... Terra looked down at them. She'd never seen DVDS in a leather case before. "Are they home movies or something? They just look... odd. I don't know. It's strange there's no title, right? Were they Bryon's?" "Uh, no, one of those patients left them for me..." Her sister, Margo said, turning away. Terra placed the leather folder down on the corner of the table beside the stack of DVDs. It seemed out of place there.... It didn't seem to belong anywhere, just like Terra.