r/CSULB • u/gigashadowwolf • 12h ago
Reason to Smile To the girl who asked me "what are you looking at?" outside the gym on Friday. NSFW
Thank you!
I was having one of the worst panic attacks of my life. I had just been denied my FAFSA loan that I was depending on financially for the rest of the semester. I had just had my entire group project, over 30 hours of work, that was due later in the day deleted from the school server somehow. And about 40 other things had gone wrong that would take too long to list.
I was pacing outside the gym trying to decide what to do. Force myself to go to the gym, send an emergency text to my therapist, or go home and do something way worse.
You saw me, and asked what I was looking at. You talked to me for a minute and asked what I was thinking about I said "just school stuff" but you knew that I was not telling the entire truth. You told me to pay attention to the breeze.
You gave me the moment's calm I needed to text my therapist, and we had an emergency session.
I want to thank you whoever you are. You really helped.