Anna is very agitated this morning and the trouble is, I don’t know what’s wrong. She has Jackie, the calmest person in the world. But Anna is angry, and for two hours now she has been crying out. I thought I had a clue, when she said something about ‘hospital’. I said that Jackie is not a nurse, that none of the ladies are from the hospital, and for a moment that seemed to calm her. She may have a pain of course, though she is not saying that. I go and sit with her, but it makes no difference.
I was hoping to write a work report today but Anna’s cries drive out thought. They crash around in my brain, like they are in the room breaking up my furniture, tearing up papers, throwing books off the shelves. I gave up thinking and tried to do some routine maintenance, updating the contacts on my computer, displacement activity, tidying up the mess, but even that became difficult.
‘Where’s Tim?’
I’m not sure I know.