Forgotten Memories- The Shrink
"Interesting outlook on life you have there. Where did you come across it? Some book?" asked the shrink. “Where do you think?” I replied. “I think it's a coping mechanism that you developed after you had your breakup; after you were left to face your feelings all over again. And I know it must’ve been difficult. You must’ve felt the pain surging through your heart all over again, helpless to do anything about it. And at that moment you wanted to invent a way of hanging on to something that didn’t happen for you in real life. And the writer in you imprisoned everything you wanted to have so badly inside stories, adding some key memories to make it look authentic.” I noticed the gleam in the corner of his eye as he finished that sentence. Damn, he's good. Definitely living up to his reputation. He thinks he has me all figured out. I’ll feed him some more of my ideas. Let’s see how far he gets and then we’ll see who’s playing whom- I thought to myself. “Hmm.