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“So I am a collection of statistical deviations,” Ana said flatly.

“We all are. But the social-cognitive perspective asks: what are your expectancies? What do you believe will happen if you act differently at the grocery store? If you buy the expensive cheese? If you smile at a stranger? If you cry in aisle four?”

She had come to him because her life had stopped making sense. A year ago, she had divorced her husband of fifteen years—a kind, predictable engineer named Zoran. Six months ago, she had quit her tenured teaching position. Last week, she had dyed her hair bright red and bought a motorcycle. Her friends whispered about a midlife crisis. Her ex-husband called it a breakdown. But Ana felt, for the first time, terrifyingly awake.

Ana thought of the dreams she had been having: a house with endless locked rooms; a child’s voice calling from behind a wall; her own hands covered in ink, trying to write a letter that dissolved before she finished.

“She is the one who was always there, waiting for you to stop being afraid.”

“But what do I do with her?” Ana whispered. “I am forty-three. I have a daughter who barely speaks to me. I have no job. I have a motorcycle I am terrified to ride.”

“So I am a collection of statistical deviations,” Ana said flatly.

“We all are. But the social-cognitive perspective asks: what are your expectancies? What do you believe will happen if you act differently at the grocery store? If you buy the expensive cheese? If you smile at a stranger? If you cry in aisle four?”

She had come to him because her life had stopped making sense. A year ago, she had divorced her husband of fifteen years—a kind, predictable engineer named Zoran. Six months ago, she had quit her tenured teaching position. Last week, she had dyed her hair bright red and bought a motorcycle. Her friends whispered about a midlife crisis. Her ex-husband called it a breakdown. But Ana felt, for the first time, terrifyingly awake.

Ana thought of the dreams she had been having: a house with endless locked rooms; a child’s voice calling from behind a wall; her own hands covered in ink, trying to write a letter that dissolved before she finished.

“She is the one who was always there, waiting for you to stop being afraid.”

“But what do I do with her?” Ana whispered. “I am forty-three. I have a daughter who barely speaks to me. I have no job. I have a motorcycle I am terrified to ride.”