She was terrified of Covid, afraid she'd suffocate wearing a mask, quaking over what effects the vaccine could have, phobic about
getting close to anyone and mortified that she was being scarred-for-life by the emotional deprivations of
social distancing. Dr. Kafween had termed her a Free Range Chicken, and now she was apprehensive about her next session, reasonably fearful of
getting billed for a missed appointment with her analyst, who, she was afraid to admit, was rarely wrong.