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today's story is Little Creeping Things by K.M. Bennett, narrated by Kayla Temshiv. Are you ready?

Sit back. Turn down the lights. And and now on 14 years old.

I love to read and listen to pop music.

My mom says I have a precocious vocabulary, and I'm dealing with a very big problem,

one that I can't talk to anybody about.

That's why you're here, right, Diary?

Let's start at the beginning.

The anxiety started after my dad's first deployment.

It got really bad immediately following his death.

I peaked at my therapist notes today, so I know what he thinks, what my mom thinks.

He scribbled that stress has sent my anxiety disorder into overdrive, with a new symptom

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