“Anxiety. It’s such a peculiar thing. Almost everyone knows what i feels like, yet none of us can describe it. Maya looks at herself in the mirror, wonders why it can’t be seen on the outside. Not even on X-rays—how does that work? How can something that bangs away at us so horribly hard on the inside not show up on the pictures as black scars, scorched into our skeletons? How can the pain she feels not be visible in the mirror?”
from Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
What invisible inner reality bangs away horribly hard at your insides? What hidden scar from your story would never show up on an X-ray though it still needs the care, protection and healing a sling, splint or cast would provide? To whom in your life can you voice your invisible pain?