There's a tightness in your shoulders that's been there so long you've forgotten it wasn't always there. A clenching in your jaw that shows up at certain names, certain places, certain sounds.
There's a kind of weight that has nothing to do with what's happening right now. It lives in your chest before your morning coffee, in the tightness behind your eyes when you see a certain name on your phone.
You've probably noticed how certain places in your body seem to carry their own weather. That spot between your shoulder blades that tightens before you even recognize you're anxious.
