Chapter 14: Love Me, Please

ISINANDAL ni Kylian ang ulo sa headrest ng kotse niya at ipinikit ang mga mata. Katatapos lang ng appointment niya sa therapist na siyang ni-refer mismo ng kaibigan niyang si Dylan.

Ang akala niya na mareresolba ang problema niya ay mas lalo pa yatang nadagdagan ang mga katanungan sa isip niya.

“Nightmares are one of the most common symptoms of PTSD. In your case, that nightmare you keep on having must be a traumatic event that happened in your past.”

Napailing siya. Confusion flooded his mind. “I don’t think so. Wala akong natatandaan na may ganun nangyari.”

“The mind is wider than the sky, Mr. Fontanilla. Our brain is not only capable of storing experiences into a form of memory, but it can also “walls off” a memory of a traumatic experience. Just think of it as its way of protecting itself. Kung sinasabi mong wala kang natatandaan na ganun scenario sa nakaraan mo, then your brain must have shut off that certain memory.”

“So you’re telling me that I ma