Everyone in New York has biceps ≠ Every New Yorker has biceps.

And now you do too.

“Why does everyone like the fire drill so much?” I asked.

She looked at me, smiling happily, and she continued to rock side to side. “When the bombs fall, there is no warning.”

I have a condition referred to as functional neurological disorder (FND). Upon its onset some years ago, while I was a full-time acrobatic circus student training 4-8 hours a day, 5 days a week, it functionally ruined my life. It is a type of dissociative disorder that manifests through physical symptoms similar to epileptic seizures.