Clinical Page #3

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[Clara laughs]

[voyeur panting]

You ready?

[slow rock playing]

- [Jane] No.

- [Clara laughing]

[Miles] Best job in the world.

[all chuckling]

[vocalist]

There's no place like home...

This place is nice.

Yeah. It was a nice place

to be a kid.

Not hungry?

I'm sorry.

This time of year makes me think about...

Work?

Yup. I couldn't shut my brain off

hours after clocking out.

Used to infuriate my ex.

How'd you stop?

Years and years of therapy.

Oh, ho, I see.

Should I contact your doctor

for your records?

Might not be a bad idea.

Let you know what you're in for.

Mm.

Ahem.

How was your day?

I was at the grocery store,

and this little girl was staring at me.

And how did that make you feel?

I mean, she was just a little kid, but...

she didn't look away...

and it really got to me.

I mean, I was supposed to be

this new person now, not a...

not a freak.

Well, it's...

better than the alternative, right?

[scoffs]

You know, before the operation,

I didn't leave my house for a year.

You don't have to now.

Deliveries and online shopping.

It was easy.

Lonely, but easy.

I was miserable before I got

on the donor list,

but now, after this change...

I don't know

who I am anymore, and that's...

It's worse.

At least before when I looked

in the mirror, I knew who I was,

and now... it sounds like bad lyrics,

but there's a stranger looking back.

We're going to begin

what's called exposure therapy.

We need to go back

to the night of the accident.

I don't... I don't know if I can.

We'll just start from the beginning.

Very slowly.

[sighs]

I'm not sure how I got there.

What do you remember?

[screaming]

I really don't remember.

Alex, breathe.

Breathe deeply.

Very good.

I want you to place yourself there.

Oh... hmm.

Uh, it was a Thursday.

I was coming home from work, so I...

I must have been driving.

[Jane] What was the road like?

Was it bumpy or smooth?

[Alex] It was smooth...

like they had just repaved it.

There was glass...

and a... and a bumper.

I-I had to slow down.

[emergency indicator clicking]

[tense music rises]

It's hard to describe. It's...

fractured, like of a...

a broken plate or something.

The pieces are there, but it's...

It's impossible...

- to put it...

- [horn blaring]

Back together.

Hello?

[Alex panting]

[panting]

- Alex?

- I feel strange. I can't...

I can't do this. I thought...

I thought my life would change, but it...

God, it's... it's gotten worse.

I'm going to get you a glass of water.

At least before, I was me.

Look at me. Look... look at me.

Look at me.

Take a deep breath in.

Deep breath. And out slowly.

Alex. Alex.

Alex. [Clapping] Alex!

Now, nice and easy.

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