Prompt: What does not knowing feel like in your body?
A couple of years ago, I started getting wicked tension headaches. They would lay me out for an entire Saturday. At first, I had no idea what they were, seeming to originate from nowhere. Over time, as they continued to occur, a pattern emerged: stress. The stress, however, came from a sense of uncertainty, of not knowing how to solve a problem. Without a solution, I feel helpless. The helplessness is unsettling. My body must be trying to hold it together.
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