Ned Vizzini Quote
Now put down only what you actually had to do in the event. What I had to do? Right. Because there are no such things as shoulds and woulds in the universe. There aren’t? I’m starting to suspect Keith a bit. For someone in Anxiety Management, he’s giving me an exercise that is fairly confusing and anxiety-provoking. No, he says. There are only things that could have turned out differently. You don’t have any shoulds or woulds in your life, see? You only have things that could have gone a different way. Ah. You never know what truly would have happened if you had done your shoulds and woulds. Your life might have turned out worse, isn’t that possible? I don’t see how it’s really possible, seeing as I’m on the phone with you.
Now put down only what you actually had to do in the event. What I had to do? Right. Because there are no such things as shoulds and woulds in the universe. There aren’t? I’m starting to suspect Keith a bit. For someone in Anxiety Management, he’s giving me an exercise that is fairly confusing and anxiety-provoking. No, he says. There are only things that could have turned out differently. You don’t have any shoulds or woulds in your life, see? You only have things that could have gone a different way. Ah. You never know what truly would have happened if you had done your shoulds and woulds. Your life might have turned out worse, isn’t that possible? I don’t see how it’s really possible, seeing as I’m on the phone with you.
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About Ned Vizzini
Vizzini had depression, spending time in a psychiatric ward in his early 20s, and authoring several works about the illness. He was found dead in his native Brooklyn, New York after an apparent suicide from a fall, aged 32.