From looking up symptoms to listening to them

It’s pitch black in my bedroom aside from the glow of my phone. The curtains are drawn, every tiny light is covered, I’m desperately aching for sleep to claim me, and yet, I’m reading about the symptoms of a cough that has kept me up for weeks. In my deepest moments of pain or illness, my first thought is still sometimes…google. I’ll lay in misery and go down the rabbit hole, finding endless options and not many answers. Then I remember who the heck I am, tune into my body, and discover the...