Psychoanalyst: I think we should talk about this event at work which you were so desperate to avoid that you hurt yourself. We need to delve into whatever it was that made you so anxious about it. Your desire to prevent yourself from going to this meeting must have been overpowering to produce such a result. Do you have any insight into what may have caused this?
Me: It was one of those anti-racist trainings.
Psychoanalyst: Oh. OK, that makes sense.
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