I went grocery shopping after work on Friday, and an MD storyline kicked in.  When I interact with my imaginary friends, I move my mouth like I'm talking with them, but no sound comes out.  So as I was moving my cart around the store, I couldn't stop myself -- I was gesturing and moving my mouth, interacting with my characters.

Fortunately, at first, no one noticed.  People in public don't really pay attention to what's going on around them anymore.  They are all talking on their cell…

I was talking with my mom on the phone yesterday, and during my usual, years-in-the-process, ongoing attempt to sound like everything was fine, I burst into tears and couldn't stop crying.  The shocking part was that my mother wasn't surprised.  She was worried about the fact that I was so isolated and stressed.  And she doesn't even know about the MD part.

She's right.  I need to interact with actual human people more.  I'm spending the day with her tomorrow, and then I'm going to…